CONSTRAINTS MANAGEMENT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

CONSTRAINTS MANAGEMENT FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A workstation in a process is a bottleneck if



A. it has the lowest average utilization.

B. it has the highest total time per unit processed.

C. it processes the smallest total workload.

D. it has the smallest average capacity. - CORRECT ANSWERS B



Bottlenecks exist in which type of manufacturing processes?

A.line process

B. batch process

C. job process

D. All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWERS D



A bottleneck is an operation that has the lowest effective capacity of any operation in the
process. (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWERS True



The fourth step in Theory of Constraints application, "elevate the bottleneck(s)," means that the
analyst should:

A.

consider increasing capacity of the bottleneck.

B.

create a schedule that maximizes the throughput of the bottlenecks.

C.