The manufacturing of cereal is quite an extensive process. It is a process that integrates the use of computers throughout the whole production cycle of the product. Data and information would be extremely difficult to manage without the use of computers. This unit you are about to begin with give you some insight into data and information that is used in the production of cereal and how computers are needed to manage the entire production cycle. Advanced Preparations 1.
Teacher needs to be familiar with using a computer and spreadsheet software.
Teacher should not inform the students which sample is the national brand cereal or the private label cereal until Part 2 of the lesson. Two spreadsheet files need to be placed in the common directory. These files are called survey.wk4 and jasper.wk4 used in Parts 1 and 2 of the cereal product evaluation. Terms Used computer - an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory unit, arithmetically and logically, produce output from the processing, and store the results for future use and used both in manufacturing process and office environments. The Show-Me Standards, Overview of Performance Standards , Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.