(Terminology) Match the lettered terms on the left with the numbered descriptions on the right. A letter may be used more than once.

a. Autonomation

1. Expected selling price less desired profit

b. Electronic data interchange

2. A system in which inventory is produced before it is needed and placed in storage until needed

c. Flexible manufacturing system

3. Streamlined accounting system

d. Just in time

4. The situation of not having a product or component available when it is needed

e. Multiprocess handling

5. A manufacturing environment in which machinery is programmed to stop work when specified situations arise

f. Order point

6. The use of machines and robots to perform the production process

g. Pull system

7. The broadening of worker involvement to include monitoring all machines in a manufacturing cel

h. Push system

8. Computer to computer transfer of information in virtual real time using standardized formats developed by the American National Standards Institute.

i. Safety stock

9. A buffer supply of inventory that minimizes the possibility of running out of a product or component

j. Stockout

10. A system in which purchases and production are made only on an as needed basis

k. Target cost

11. A philosophy that focuses on valueadded activities

l. Backflush

12. The inventory level at which a purchase order is to be issued