Exam 7: The Conversion Cycle

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The storekeeper releases raw materials based on the

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Which statement is not correct?

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Automation is at the heart of the lean manufacturing philosophy.Discuss its stages and its distinguishing features.

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Automation of the manufacturing process can be viewed as a gradual progression.The stages are:
Traditional manufacturing,which consists of many different types of machines that require a lot of setup time,each controlled by a single operator.The WIP follows a circuitous route through the different operations.
Islands of technology,in which stand-alone islands employ computer numerical controlled (CNC)machines that can perform multiple operations with less human involvement and less set up time.
Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM),a completely automated environment which employs automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS)and robotics.

Which process creates a homogeneous product through a continuous series of standard procedures?

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How does MRP II (manufacturing resource planning)expand on MRP (materials requirements planning)?

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Accounting in a world-class manufacturing environment emphasizes standard cost and variance analysis.

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Discuss the documents used in a batch processing system.

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Cost accounting initiates a WIP account upon receiving the first move ticket of a batch.

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Discuss the principles underlying the lean manufacturing approach.

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What is one benefit of the flexible production system?

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Which of the following statements about the EOQ inventory model assumptions is incorrect?

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How do lean manufacturing companies use electronic data interchange (EDI)?

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List one authorization control in the traditional manufacturing environment.

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The production schedule is

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Differentiate between essential and non-essential activities.

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Characteristics of lean manufacturing include all of the following except

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Deficiencies of the traditional cost accounting information system include all of the following except

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All of the following are documents in batch process production systems except

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What document triggers the beginning of the cost accounting process for a given production run?

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If the daily demand is 40 units and the lead time is 12 days,the reorder point is

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