Exam 17: Cycle-Time Management Increases Productivity

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Line efficiency (L) is a measure used to assess line balance.It is given by Equation 17-6.Determine line efficiency for The Photo Lab where n = 4,C = 1.5 minutes,and total work content is 4.8.

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Among the varying set of heuristics,which of the following choices is employed to establish preference for choosing the next operation to be assigned to a station?

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Question 42

Line-balancing heuristics are used when

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Question 43

Queuing models make certain specific assumptions.Which of the following choices are reasonable assumptions under certain circumstances?

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Question 44

Synchronization and orchestration are not strategic issues of cycle-time management.

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The Kilbridge and Wester heuristic assigns a number to each operation describing how many predecessors it has.This is done with the help of which diagram?

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Question 46

_____ is commonly used to describe processes that cause a waiting line for service to form.

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Question 47

Lateral transferability is when precedence diagrams permit operations to be assigned to earlier but not later workstations.

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Question 48

From a systems perspective,cycle-time management has trade-offs to consider between

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Question 49

Without planning for variability,bottlenecks can arise. When bottlenecks appear,it is likely that a WIP buildup will occur.

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T is the interval used to match the time dimension of the cycle time with the time dimension of the

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Question 51

Stochastic line-balancing exists when the assumption of fixed and deterministic times for all operations and total process time is correct.

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Question 52

_____ describe the length of queues and the average waiting times that can occur when lines are not balanced.

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Question 53

_____ describes flexibility with respect to the order in which operations will be done within a station.

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Question 54

For line-balancing,operation times (to be balanced at workstations) should be increased to reflect longest times that might be experienced with each operation.

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Question 55

What do heuristic line balancing methods employ to find near-optimal solutions for large problems? Why?

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Question 56

Serialized processes are comprised of operations that are _____.

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Question 57

Heuristic models do which of the following?

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Question 58

Queuing models provide descriptive measures for output rates and cycle times.They do not provide optimum solutions.

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Question 59

For Tonge's heuristic,all assignments are made subject to non-violation of any constraints based on precedence and zoning.

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Line efficiency (L) is a measure used to assess line balance.It is given by Equation 17-6.Determine line efficiency for The Photo Lab where n = 4,C = 1.5 minutes,and total work content is 4.8.

Among the varying set of heuristics,which of the following choices is employed to establish preference for choosing the next operation to be assigned to a station?

Line-balancing heuristics are used when

Queuing models make certain specific assumptions.Which of the following choices are reasonable assumptions under certain circumstances?

Synchronization and orchestration are not strategic issues of cycle-time management.

The Kilbridge and Wester heuristic assigns a number to each operation describing how many predecessors it has.This is done with the help of which diagram?

_____ is commonly used to describe processes that cause a waiting line for service to form.

Lateral transferability is when precedence diagrams permit operations to be assigned to earlier but not later workstations.

From a systems perspective,cycle-time management has trade-offs to consider between

Without planning for variability,bottlenecks can arise. When bottlenecks appear,it is likely that a WIP buildup will occur.

T is the interval used to match the time dimension of the cycle time with the time dimension of the

Stochastic line-balancing exists when the assumption of fixed and deterministic times for all operations and total process time is correct.

_____ describe the length of queues and the average waiting times that can occur when lines are not balanced.

_____ describes flexibility with respect to the order in which operations will be done within a station.

For line-balancing,operation times (to be balanced at workstations) should be increased to reflect longest times that might be experienced with each operation.

What do heuristic line balancing methods employ to find near-optimal solutions for large problems? Why?

Serialized processes are comprised of operations that are _____.

Heuristic models do which of the following?

Queuing models provide descriptive measures for output rates and cycle times.They do not provide optimum solutions.

For Tonge's heuristic,all assignments are made subject to non-violation of any constraints based on precedence and zoning.

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