1. Repetitive Manufacturing ANS >>> Repetitive manufacturing is dedicated to a
single product or a small range of products, where products are passed through
the same sequence of operations.
2. Which are primary activities in manufacturing planning and control? ANS
>>> Pro- duction planning and inventory management
3. Which of the following is a framework for organizing, defining, and stan-
dardizing the business processes necessary to effectively plan and control
an organization? ANS >>> Enterprise resources planning
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, 4. An organization is pursuing a product differentiation strategy. Which is
a production environment that could accommodate this strategy while also
minimizing related inventories of components and/or finished goods? ANS
>>> Post- ponement, a subtype of an assemble-to-order production environment, is
a product design or supply chain strategy that deliberately delays final
differentiation (assem- bly, production, packaging, tagging, etc.) until the latest
possible time in the process. This shifts product differentiation closer to the
consumer to reduce the anticipatory risk, eliminating excess inventory in the form
of finished goods in the supply chain.
5. In a functional layout, ANS >>> each work center must be flexible.
6. Product layout / In a product-based layout, ANS >>> Capital costs generally
are higher for a product layout / there is little build-up of work-in-process (WIP)
inventory.
7. Manufacturing lead time represents the ANS >>> ANS >>> total time required to
manufacture an item, exclusive of lower-level purchasing lead time.
8. A company has developed a new, innovative product that is taking over the
market. Early sales consume everything the company can produce, but things
have started to slow down. Both production and sales continue to grow. What
are the typical challenges that would be expected in this growth phase of the
product's life? ANS >>> Quality and delivery
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, 9. Which is an advantage of work cells? ANS >>> Reduced material movement
10. How is six sigma best defined? ANS >>> A methodology that furnishes
tools to de- crease process variation and improve product quality
11. The usually small-scale, incremental focus of continuous improvement
allows for which of the following? ANS >>> Minimal disruption to overall
functions and duties
12. Which is an example of a special cause as opposed to a common cause of
a variation in a process? ANS >>> Use of expired materials
13. Which of the following terms is associated with the systematic use of
techniques that identify a required function, establish a value for that function,
and finally provide that function at the lowest overall cost? ANS >>> Value
analysis
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single product or a small range of products, where products are passed through
the same sequence of operations.
2. Which are primary activities in manufacturing planning and control? ANS
>>> Pro- duction planning and inventory management
3. Which of the following is a framework for organizing, defining, and stan-
dardizing the business processes necessary to effectively plan and control
an organization? ANS >>> Enterprise resources planning
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, 4. An organization is pursuing a product differentiation strategy. Which is
a production environment that could accommodate this strategy while also
minimizing related inventories of components and/or finished goods? ANS
>>> Post- ponement, a subtype of an assemble-to-order production environment, is
a product design or supply chain strategy that deliberately delays final
differentiation (assem- bly, production, packaging, tagging, etc.) until the latest
possible time in the process. This shifts product differentiation closer to the
consumer to reduce the anticipatory risk, eliminating excess inventory in the form
of finished goods in the supply chain.
5. In a functional layout, ANS >>> each work center must be flexible.
6. Product layout / In a product-based layout, ANS >>> Capital costs generally
are higher for a product layout / there is little build-up of work-in-process (WIP)
inventory.
7. Manufacturing lead time represents the ANS >>> ANS >>> total time required to
manufacture an item, exclusive of lower-level purchasing lead time.
8. A company has developed a new, innovative product that is taking over the
market. Early sales consume everything the company can produce, but things
have started to slow down. Both production and sales continue to grow. What
are the typical challenges that would be expected in this growth phase of the
product's life? ANS >>> Quality and delivery
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, 9. Which is an advantage of work cells? ANS >>> Reduced material movement
10. How is six sigma best defined? ANS >>> A methodology that furnishes
tools to de- crease process variation and improve product quality
11. The usually small-scale, incremental focus of continuous improvement
allows for which of the following? ANS >>> Minimal disruption to overall
functions and duties
12. Which is an example of a special cause as opposed to a common cause of
a variation in a process? ANS >>> Use of expired materials
13. Which of the following terms is associated with the systematic use of
techniques that identify a required function, establish a value for that function,
and finally provide that function at the lowest overall cost? ANS >>> Value
analysis
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