Exam 11: Process Design and Analysis

Run time is calculated by multiplying the number of units in a batch by the setup time.

Which of the following best describes the term "cycle time"?

Benchmarking refers to the practice of comparing the production metrics of one firm with the production metrics of another.

Efficiency of a production process is the ratio of the actual output of a process to some standard.

A process flowchart uses which of the following symbols to represent tasks or operations in a flow diagram?

A rectangle is conventionally used in a process flowchart to represent a task or operation.

Consider a three sequentially stepped process named as Process A, Process B, and Process C. Input comes into Process A. Output from A goes into Process B. Output from B goes into Process C. Output of C is the final output. Suppose that it takes 2 minutes per unit in Process A, 3 minutes per unit in Process B and 1 minute per unit in Process C. Suppose further that Process A receives input at the rate of 30 per hour. Where would you place a buffer?

Blocking in production processes is when activities in a stage must continue because there is no place to deposit completed items.

Inventory turn is a better measure than the total value of inventory for comparative purposes because it is a relative measure.

Buffering in a production process refers to a storage area between stages of production activity where output of a stage is placed prior to being used in a "downstream" stage.

The operation time is the sum of the setup time, run time, and transfer time for a batch of parts that are run on a machine.

When a make-to-order production process is used, production is based on forecasts.

Make-to-order production processes are well suited for high-volume production of a standardized product.

A process has three stages. Their capacities per hour are 45, 25, and 35 respectively. Due to its higher capacity, the first stage is the bottleneck.

A job is said to be enlarged vertically if the worker performs a greater number or variety of tasks.

Pacing in production processes refers to the fixed timing of the movement of items through the process.

A bottleneck occurs when a stage in a production process is starving.

To reduce process flow time, you might try which of the following actions?

A triangle is conventionally used in a process flowchart to represent a storage area or queue.

Utilization of a production process is the ratio of time that a resource is actually being used relative to the time it is available for use.