Exam 11: Layout Strategies

A work cell is required to make 80 computerized diagnostic assemblies (for installation into hybrid automobiles) each day. The cell currently works an eight hour shift, of which seven hours is available for productive work. These assemblies require five operations, with times of 1.0, 0.8, 2.4, 2.5, and 1.4 minutes each. What is takt time for this cell? How many workers will be needed?

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Question 81

What are the advantages of focused factories?

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Question 82

__________ refers to the physical surroundings in which a service takes place, and how they affect customers and employees.

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Question 83

Cycle time is the maximum time that the product is allowed at each workstation.

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Question 84

A facilities manager at a company headquarters once said, "I'd like to use Muther's office relationship chart or the load-distance model to solve our layout problems, but neither tool can optimize. I want the best layout possible." Discuss.

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Question 85

The major problem addressed by the process-oriented layout strategy is

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Question 86

Which of the statements below best describes office layout?

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Question 87

Which of the following requires an information system that provides inbound product identification, its destination, and routing of the product to the designated outbound vehicle?

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Question 88

In assembly line balancing, cycle time (the ratio of available production time to scheduled production) is the

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Question 89

Which of the following is not one of McDonald's "seven major innovations"?

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Question 90

The project remains in one place and workers and equipment come to that one work area in a __________ layout.

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Question 91

Balancing a work cell is done

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Question 92

The dominant problem associated with the fixed-position layout is that workers are fixed in position, and cannot be reassigned.

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Question 93

Product-oriented layouts tend to have high levels of work-in-process inventories.

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Question 94

Which of the following is not an information requirement for solving a load-distance problem?

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Question 95

The minimum number of workstations depends upon the set of task times and the precedence chart, but not the number of units scheduled.

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Question 96

For which of the following operations would a fixed-position layout be most appropriate?

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Question 97

The layout approach that addresses trade-offs between space and material handling is called the fixed position layout.

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Question 98

The main goal of retail layout is

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Question 99

In what specific areas does the layout decision establish a firm's competitive priorities?

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Exam 11: Layout Strategies

What are the advantages of focused factories?

__________ refers to the physical surroundings in which a service takes place, and how they affect customers and employees.

Cycle time is the maximum time that the product is allowed at each workstation.

A facilities manager at a company headquarters once said, "I'd like to use Muther's office relationship chart or the load-distance model to solve our layout problems, but neither tool can optimize. I want the best layout possible." Discuss.

The major problem addressed by the process-oriented layout strategy is

Which of the statements below best describes office layout?

Which of the following requires an information system that provides inbound product identification, its destination, and routing of the product to the designated outbound vehicle?

In assembly line balancing, cycle time (the ratio of available production time to scheduled production) is the

Which of the following is not one of McDonald's "seven major innovations"?

The project remains in one place and workers and equipment come to that one work area in a __________ layout.

Balancing a work cell is done

The dominant problem associated with the fixed-position layout is that workers are fixed in position, and cannot be reassigned.

Product-oriented layouts tend to have high levels of work-in-process inventories.

Which of the following is not an information requirement for solving a load-distance problem?

The minimum number of workstations depends upon the set of task times and the precedence chart, but not the number of units scheduled.

For which of the following operations would a fixed-position layout be most appropriate?

The layout approach that addresses trade-offs between space and material handling is called the fixed position layout.

The main goal of retail layout is

In what specific areas does the layout decision establish a firm's competitive priorities?

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