The backlog at a work center increases when the work center receives more work than
it finishes.
The reorder point is used in determining the order quantity in the periodic review
system.
In six-sigma programs, individuals are given academic titles that reflect their skills in
the six-sigma process.
‘Do you have medium data sets?’ is a key guideline for selecting software.
If using critical ratio (CR) as the scheduling rule, the job with the smallest ratio of time
remaining until due date to the processing time remaining has the lowest priority.
EDD always minimizes mean job flow time.
Backward scheduling determines the earliest possible completion time for a job.
CPOPF is the acronym for Capacity Planning (using) Overall Promising Factors.
Remanufacturing is the concept of using components of old products in the production
of new ones.
The two major decisions to be made when using the periodic review system are the
target inventory level and the order quantity.
An advantage of the chase aggregate plan is that it minimizes finished good holding
costs.
When we are unsure about the duration of project activities, we use
_____________________ time estimates.
a) variable
b) probabilistic
c) estimated
d) deterministic
e) cumulative
If an order is not scheduled to arrive in time, the planner tries to ________________.
a) find a replacement order
b) cancel the order
c) split the order in two
d) expedite the order
e) talk marketing into changing the due date
Which of the following is a ‘buyer-side,’ typically industry-specific solution?
a) automated order entry systems
b) electronic data interchange
c) electronic storefronts
d) net marketplaces
e) advertising revenue model
Evaluating a product idea to determine its likelihood of success is
a) product screening
b) estimating
c) technological forecasting
d) product windowing
e) product evolution
If the third stage of a repetitive line process cannot complete its activities as fast as
stage one or two it has become a:
a) key work location
b) bottle neck
c) place not to work
d) project process location
e) none of these
Forecasting is not a function which contributes to:
a) deciding which business market to pursue
b) deciding which product to produce
c) deciding how bonuses should be allocated
d) deciding how much inventory to carry
e) deciding how many people to hire
When there is insufficient inventory to satisfy the forecast for a particular period a(n)
_____________ order must be placed.
a) BOM
b) restock
c) inventory request
d) MPS
e) MRP
Which of the following is not true concerning indented bills of materials?
a) Subsequent levels are indented further to the right.
b) Children are indented toward the right.
c) The highest level parents are closest to the left margin.
d) Quantity required is shown for each part number.
e) Lead times determine how far children are indented.
A __________ shows the frequency distribution of observed values of a variable.
a) Scatter diagram
b) Control chart
c) Histogram
d) Flow chart
e) Process chart
Which of the following is not a step in product design?
a) final design
b) preliminary design and testing
c) idea development
d) conceptual design
e) product screening
When designing the Taurus model, what did Ford Motor Company do with regard to
BMW and Toyota?
a) benchmarking
b) hired some of their employees
c) reverse engineering
d) copied their quality management techniques
e) bought some of their dealerships
Economies of scale occur when a company is operating _______________________.
a) at its best operating level and increases its output
b) at its best operating level and decreases its output
c) below its best operating level and decreases its output
d) above its best operating level and increases its output
e) below its best operating level and increases its output
Shifting demand makes sense when the company has ______________________.
a) lots of space for inventory
b) low inventory carrying costs
c) equipment that is highly flexible with respect to production volume changes
d) high fixed costs and low variable costs
e) excess capacity
To evaluate the MPS in terms of customer service, the master scheduler checks that:
a) promised raw material dates are met
b) purchasing is keeping up with requests
c) manufacturing is properly scheduling vacation time
d) promised profit margins are met
e) promised customer deliver dates are met
Suppose that on Wednesday the cost of inputs summed to $4000, and the value of
outputs summed to $10,000. For which of the following values on Thursday will
productivity stay the same?
a) inputs = $2000, outputs = $5000
b) inputs = $5000, outputs = $10,000
c) inputs = $4000, outputs = $8000
d) inputs = $10,000, outputs = $4000
e) inputs = $12,000, outputs = $40,000
Which of the following is a valid formula to compute the reliability of two components
in parallel?
a) (Reliability of 1st component) ‘“ (Reliability of 2nd Component) (1 ‘“ Reliability of
1st Component)
b) 1 ‘“ (1 ‘“ Reliability of 1st Component) (1 ‘“ Reliability of 2nd Component)
c) (1 ‘“ Reliability of 1st Component) (1 ‘“ Reliability of 2nd Component)
d) (Reliability of 1st component) + (Reliability of 1st Component) (1 ‘“ Reliability of
2nd Component)
e) (Reliability of 1st component) (Reliability of 2nd Component) + (Reliability of 1st
Component) (1 ‘“Reliability of 1st Component)
Which of the following is least likely to be a benefit of implementing barcode scanners
at retail store checkout registers?
a) Improved forecasting
b) More efficient packaging of customer orders
c) Improved inventory control
d) Faster checkout for customers
e) More accurate checkout for customers
Amalagamatada HOH, Inc., makes water treatment machines for homes. These
machines are referred to as AmaHOH, and Amalagamatada HOH, Inc. is trying to
decide whether or not to build a new plant in Southern California. The plant will have
annual fixed costs of $2,000,000 and variable costs of $800 for each AmaHOH
produced. The sales price is $1,000 for each AmaHOH.
(a) Determine the break-even quantity.
(b) Marketing is certain that they will be able to sell much more than the break-even
quantity in part a. and have proposed building an even larger plant. This plant will have
annual fixed costs of $5,000,000 and variable costs of $700 for each AmaHOH
produced. The sales price will still be $1,000 for each AmaHOH. Determine the
quantity above which the larger plant should be built, rather than the plant in part a.
Kaizen is a Japanese term referring to __________________________.
a) just-in-time production
b) continuous improvement
c) employee involvement
d) concurrent engineering
e) simplicity
Consider a workstation that can process 4000 units per hour. It takes 15 minutes to
receive an order from the previous station. The container size is 20 units. The factory
sets safety stock at 20 percent of demand during lead time. How many kanbans are
needed for the workstation?
a) 16
b) 3600
c) 50
d) 10
e) 60
The step, when Designing a Product Layout, whose goal is to design a product layout
that can produce the desired number of units with the least amount of work centers and
a balance of workload.
a) Compute efficiency, idle time & balance delay
b) Determine cycle time
c) Determine output rate
d) Assign tasks to workstations
e) Identify tasks & immediate predecessors
Consider the following constraints from a two-variable Linear Program.
(1) X ≥ 0
(2) Y ≥ 0
(3) X + Y ≤ 50
If constraints (2) and (3) are binding, what is the optimal solution (X, Y)?
a) (0, 0)
b) (0, 50)
c) (50, 0)
d) (50, 50)
e) not enough information is provided to answer the problem
A facility location factor that is important for both service and manufacturing
organizations is locating close to ________________________.
a) labor supply
b) sources of transportation
c) suppliers
d) warehouses
e) natural resources
When you are considering different production planning approaches, the magnitude of
change:
a) is not important from an aggregate planning perspective.
b) larger changes need more dramatic measures.
c) drives the point of departure.
d) reduces the point of departure.
e) modifies the duration of change.
Which of the following is least likely to be considered an infinite customer population?
a) customers in an amusement park
b) a class of 500 students who might visit their professor during office hours
c) customers in a grocery store
d) cars taking Exit 76 off of a freeway during rush hour
e) fast food restaurant employees waiting to use the restroom
Projects vary in terms of objectives but each has a _______________ of activities.
A company uses two plants to produce motorcycles. Plant A produces 200 per week
using 20 workers and 4 machines. Plant B produces 250 per week using 10 workers and
10 machines. Which plant is more productive?
What is a table that gives the number of trips or units of product moved between any
pair of departments called?
Under the JIT belief of visibility, describe JIT facilities.
Absolute references do _____________ change when you copy them.
Taxation is a particularly challenging e-commerce problem because of
_________________
What are items used in support of manufacturing and maintenance called?
The school’s cafeteria has three service lines (pizza, salads, and sandwiches). The pizza
line has one server and serves 90 pizzas per hour. The salad line has two servers and
they handle 140 customers in 70 minutes. The sandwich line has three servers and they
supply 360 sandwiches in 90 minutes. Which service line has the highest hourly
productivity?
PERT stands for ___________________.