Exam 11: Process Design and Analysis

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.

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

According to Little's law, which of the following can be used to estimate inventory?

One way to categorize a process is to determine whether it is a multiple-stage or a single-stage process.

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

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

Which of the following production process terms best describes the situation when activities in a stage of production must stop because there is no work?

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.

A process flowchart uses which of the following symbols to represent storage areas or queues in a flow diagram?

The ratio of output to input is called ____________.

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

Process velocity is the ratio of the total throughput time to the value added time.

An advantage of a make-to-stock process is which of the following?

A service operation by its very nature is a make-to-stock type of production process.

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

According to Little's law, which of the following ratios is used to find flow time?

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