PLTW CIM Midterm questions and answers verified 2024

PLTW CIM Midterm
Purposes of Manufacturing - correct answer ✔Increase in quality and
productivity of life


Honoré Blanc - correct answer ✔French gurimen who demoed his use of
interchangeable parts to Thomas Jefferson


Eli Whitney - correct answer ✔-Inventor of the cotton gin
-Interchangeable parts w/ Musket


Henry Ford - correct answer ✔-Early 1900s
-Moving Assembly Line
-Higher Wages


TPS (Toyota Production System) - correct answer ✔-Created by Kiichiro
Toyoda (hence the name)
-Taiichi Ohno worked for Kiichiro Toyoda
-Aimed to reduce maximum waste, and influenced the creation of Lean, JIT,
and Kaizen


Lean Manufacturing - correct answer ✔-Eliminate waste in operations
-Derived from TPS (new name for all to use)


Types of Waste - correct answer ✔-Transportation (AGV/ASRS can help)
-Inventory (JIT solves this)
-Movement (Kanban/Andon resolves this)

, -Waiting
-Overproducing (JIT can help)
-Overprocessing
-Defects (Six Sigma approach)
-Skill


The Five S's - correct answer ✔-Sort (only necessary)
-Straighten (organized)
-Sweep (clean)
-Standardize (commonality)
-Sustain (maintain)


JIT - correct answer ✔-Order just as needed to reduce inprocess inventory
-Type of Pull System (order based on demand)
-Kanban - Basket with restocking as needed
-Andon - Resupply based on button


Kaizen - correct answer ✔- Continuous improvement (small and incremental)
- Use works experience


Six Sigma - correct answer ✔-Developed by Motorola
-Focus on defects
-Root cause of failure


Automation - correct answer ✔-Robotics
-CNC