C215 Chapter 3 Question and answers
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Manufacturability - correct answer ✔The ease at which a product can be made.
Product Design - correct answer ✔The process of defining all the products characteristics.
Service Design - correct answer ✔The process of establishing all the characteristics of the service,
including physical, sensual, and psychological benefits.
Benchmarking - correct answer ✔The process of studying the practices of companies considered
"best-in-class" and comparing your company's performance against theirs.
Reverse Engineering - correct answer ✔The process of disassembling a product to analyze its design
features.
Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) - correct answer ✔Involving suppliers in the early stages of product
design.
Break-Even Analysis - correct answer ✔A technique used to compute the amount of goods a company
would need to sell to cover its costs.
Fixed Costs - correct answer ✔Costs a company incurs regardless of how much it produces.
Variable Costs - correct answer ✔Costs that vary directly with the amount of units produced.
Design for Manufacture (DFM) - correct answer ✔A series of guidelines to follow in order to produce a
product easily and profitably.
, Product Life Cycle - correct answer ✔A series of stages that products pass through in their lifetime,
characterized by changing product demands over time.
Concurrent Engineering - correct answer ✔An approach that brings together multifunction teams in
the early phase of product design in order to simultaneously design the product and the process.
Remanufacturing - correct answer ✔The concept of Using components for old products in the
production of new ones.
Intermittent Operations - correct answer ✔Processes used to produce a variety of products with
different processing requirements in lower volumes.
Repetitive Operations - correct answer ✔Processes used to produce one or a few standardized
products in high volumes.
Project Process - correct answer ✔A type of process used to make a one-at-a-time product exactly to
customer specifications.
Batch Process - correct answer ✔A type of process used to produce a small quantity of products in
groups or batches based on customer orders or specifications.
Line Process - correct answer ✔A type of process that operates continually to produce a large volume
of a fully standardize product.
Continuous Process - correct answer ✔A type of process that operates continually to produce a high
volume of a fully standardized product.
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Manufacturability - correct answer ✔The ease at which a product can be made.
Product Design - correct answer ✔The process of defining all the products characteristics.
Service Design - correct answer ✔The process of establishing all the characteristics of the service,
including physical, sensual, and psychological benefits.
Benchmarking - correct answer ✔The process of studying the practices of companies considered
"best-in-class" and comparing your company's performance against theirs.
Reverse Engineering - correct answer ✔The process of disassembling a product to analyze its design
features.
Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) - correct answer ✔Involving suppliers in the early stages of product
design.
Break-Even Analysis - correct answer ✔A technique used to compute the amount of goods a company
would need to sell to cover its costs.
Fixed Costs - correct answer ✔Costs a company incurs regardless of how much it produces.
Variable Costs - correct answer ✔Costs that vary directly with the amount of units produced.
Design for Manufacture (DFM) - correct answer ✔A series of guidelines to follow in order to produce a
product easily and profitably.
, Product Life Cycle - correct answer ✔A series of stages that products pass through in their lifetime,
characterized by changing product demands over time.
Concurrent Engineering - correct answer ✔An approach that brings together multifunction teams in
the early phase of product design in order to simultaneously design the product and the process.
Remanufacturing - correct answer ✔The concept of Using components for old products in the
production of new ones.
Intermittent Operations - correct answer ✔Processes used to produce a variety of products with
different processing requirements in lower volumes.
Repetitive Operations - correct answer ✔Processes used to produce one or a few standardized
products in high volumes.
Project Process - correct answer ✔A type of process used to make a one-at-a-time product exactly to
customer specifications.
Batch Process - correct answer ✔A type of process used to produce a small quantity of products in
groups or batches based on customer orders or specifications.
Line Process - correct answer ✔A type of process that operates continually to produce a large volume
of a fully standardize product.
Continuous Process - correct answer ✔A type of process that operates continually to produce a high
volume of a fully standardized product.
