Work in process

Examples of Work in process in the following topics:

• Inventory Types

  • Most manufacturing organizations usually divide their inventory into raw materials, work in process, finished goods, and goods for sales.
  • Work in process, WIP: Materials and components that have began their transformation to finished goods.
  • Optimal production management aims to minimize work in process.
  • Just-in-time (acronym: JIT) production is a concept to reduce work in process with respect to a continuous configuration of product.
  • Sometimes, outside of a production and construction context "work in process" is used erroneously where the status "work in progress" would be correctly used to describe more broadly work that is not yet a final product.

• Constant Pressure and Volume

  • Isobaric process is one in which a gas does work at constant pressure, while an isochoric process is one in which volume is kept constant.
  • A process in which a gas does work on its environment at constant pressure is called an isobaric process, while one in which volume is kept constant is called an isochoric process.
  • An isochoric process is one in which the volume is held constant, meaning that the work done by the system will be zero.
  • An isochoric process is also known as an isometric process or an isovolumetric process.
  • Since pressure is constant, the work done is PΔV.

• Processes

  • A process is defined as: (1) a series of progressive, interrelated steps or actions from which an end result is attained, or (2) a prescribed procedure or a method of conducting affairs.
  • Either way, processes form the belief systems, philosophies or thought patterns that constitute the work environments in which goods and services are manufactured (seen from this angle, a business process can also be referred to as a ‘business model' or ‘the way we do things around here').
  • Most practitioners agree that for any business process to function properly, total commitment from all involved is mandatory.
  • Success is also reliant upon a perfect fit between the process, its product, and the business's customers.

• Work

  • As such, thermodynamic work is a generalization of the concept of mechanical work in mechanics.
  • For closed systems, energy changes in a system other than as work transfer are as heat.
  • The processes are quite different.
  • Work, a quite organized process(as in gas expansion), involves a macroscopic force exerted through a distance.
  • Heat transfer and work are both energy in transit—neither is stored as such in a system.

• Isothermal Processes

  • An isothermal process is a change of a thermodynamic system, in which the temperature remains constant.
  • An isothermal process is a change of a system, in which the temperature remains constant: ΔT = 0.
  • (See our atom on "Adiabatic Process. ") In other words, in an isothermal process, the value ΔT = 0 but Q ≠ 0, while in an adiabatic process, ΔT ≠ 0 but Q = 0.
  • In thermodynamics, the work involved when a gas changes from state A to state B is simply
  • The blue area represents "work" done by the gas during expansion for this isothermal change.

• Constant Pressure

  • Isobaric processis a thermodynamic process in which the pressure stays constant (at constant pressure, work done by a gas is $P \Delta V$).
  • We will discuss isothermal process in a subsequent Atom.
  • An isobaric process is a thermodynamic process in which pressure stays constant: ΔP = 0.
  • (as seen in Fig 2—isobaric process ).
  • $Q = \frac{5}{2} N k \Delta T$ for monatomic gas in an isobaric process.

• Adiabatic Processes

  • An isothermal process is a change of a system, in which the temperature remains constant: ΔT = 0.
  • In contrast, an adiabatic process is where a system exchanges no heat with its surroundings (Q = 0).
  • (See our atom on "Adiabatic Process. ") In other words, in an isothermal process, the value ΔT = 0 but Q ≠ 0, while in an adiabatic process, ΔT ≠ 0 but Q = 0.
  • In thermodynamics, the work involved when a gas changes from state A to state B is simply
  • The blue area represents "work" done by the gas during expansion for this isothermal change.

• Defining Teamwork

  • Teamwork differs from individual work in that it involves shared responsibility for a final outcome.
  • While the substance of the tasks involved in teamwork may vary from team to team, there are three processes that are common to how teamwork gets done: the transition process, action processes, and interpersonal processes.
  • Action processes comprise the phase during which a team performs its work.
  • Human skill involves the ability to work effectively as a member of a group and to build cooperative effort in a team.
  • Identify the processes and activities by which team work gets done

• Isotherms

  • An isothermal process is a change of a system in which the temperature remains constant: ΔT = 0.
  • An isothermal process is a change of a system in which the temperature remains constant: ΔT = 0.
  • In contrast, an adiabatic process occurs when a system exchanges no heat with its surroundings (Q = 0).
  • In other words, in an isothermal process, the value ΔT = 0 but Q ≠ 0, while in an adiabatic process, ΔT ≠ 0 but Q = 0.
  • In thermodynamics, the work involved when a gas changes from state A to state B is simply:

• Free Energy and Work

  • Gibbs energy is the maximum useful work that a system can do on its surroundings when the process occurring within the system is reversible at constant temperature and pressure.
  • As in mechanics, where potential energy is defined as capacity to do work, different potentials have different meanings.
  • The appellation "free energy" for G has led to so much confusion that many scientists now refer to it simply as the "Gibbs energy. " The "free" part of the older name reflects the steam-engine origins of thermodynamics, with its interest in converting heat into work.
  • "Useful" in this case, refers to the work not associated with the expansion of the system.
  • For instance, examples of useful, non-expansion work in biological organisms include muscle contraction and the transmission of nerve impulses.