Question 1

Which of the following is a common heuristic for assembly line balancing?

Accepted Answer

A) debits near the windows,credits near the door 
B) manufacturers locate near materials,retailers locate near customers 
C) earliest due date first 
D) ranked positional weight 
E) average takt time 
A) debits near the windows,credits near the door 
B) manufacturers locate near materials,retailers locate near customers 
C) earliest due date first 
D) ranked positional weight 
E) average takt time

Question 2

To develop a good facility layout,what must be determined?

Accepted Answer

You need to consider the following to de

Question 3

One guideline for determining the arrangement and space allocation of a retail store is to place high-impulse and high-margin items such as housewares and beauty aids in prominent locations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

One drawback of a product-oriented layout is that work stoppage at any one point ties up the whole operation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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?

Accepted Answer

A) phantom-docking 
B) random stocking 
C) ASRS 
D) customizing 
E) cross-docking 
A) phantom-docking 
B) random stocking 
C) ASRS 
D) customizing 
E) cross-docking

Question 6

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?

Accepted Answer

Takt time = 420 minutes / 80 u

Question 7

In the Office Relationship Chart,which rating reflects the highest importance for two departments' closeness to each other?

Accepted Answer

A) A 
B) E 
C) I 
D) O 
E) X 
A) A 
B) E 
C) I 
D) O 
E) X

Question 8

Which of the following is true regarding fabrication lines?

Accepted Answer

A) They are the same thing as assembly lines. 
B) They are the same thing as focused factories. 
C) They are a special type of process-oriented layout. 
D) Balancing their assembly line is more technological than worker oriented. 
E) They are usually not machine-paced. 
A) They are the same thing as assembly lines. 
B) They are the same thing as focused factories. 
C) They are a special type of process-oriented layout. 
D) Balancing their assembly line is more technological than worker oriented. 
E) They are usually not machine-paced.

Question 9

A firm operates a flow shop building kitchen cabinetry for recreational vehicles.The major activities of this process are listed below.
   a.Draw the appropriate network for this project.
b.What would the cycle time be if the goal is to produce 20 units per month (the plant operates
160 hours per month)?
c.What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations needed?
d.Balance with the most following tasks heuristic.What tasks are assigned to which stations?
e.What is the efficiency of the line obtained in part d?

Accepted Answer

@#IMG-DLM& @#IMG-DLM& (b)The cycle time is 160/20 = 8 hours;

Question 10

Identify McDonald's "seven major innovations."

Accepted Answer

The seven major innovations ar

Question 11

The main issue in designing process layouts concerns the relative positioning of

Accepted Answer

A) safety devices. 
B) departments. 
C) raw materials. 
D) entrances,loading docks,etc. 
E) supervisors to their employees. 
A) safety devices. 
B) departments. 
C) raw materials. 
D) entrances,loading docks,etc. 
E) supervisors to their employees.

Question 12

An insurance claims processing center has six work centers,any of which can be placed into any of six physical departmental locations.Call the centers 1,2,3,4,5,and 6,and the departments A,B,C,D,E,and F.The current set of assignments is A-3,B-1,C-6,D-2,E-4,and F-5.
The (symmetric)matrix of departmental distances,in meters is
   The matrix of work flow (estimated trips per day)is among centers
   The firm estimates that each trip costs approximately $4.
a.What is the cost of the current assignment?
b.Use trial-and-error to find one improved assignment.
c.What is that assignment,and what is its cost?

Accepted Answer

(a)The current assignment costs 14,000 m

Question 13

Balancing a work cell is done

Accepted Answer

A) before the work cell equipment is sequenced. 
B) as part of the process of building an efficient work cell. 
C) before takt time is calculated. 
D) so that each assembly line workstation has exactly the same amount of work. 
E) to minimize the total movement in a process layout. 
A) before the work cell equipment is sequenced. 
B) as part of the process of building an efficient work cell. 
C) before takt time is calculated. 
D) so that each assembly line workstation has exactly the same amount of work. 
E) to minimize the total movement in a process layout.

Question 14

Four hundred and eighty minutes of production time are available per day.The schedule calls for the production of 80 units per day.Each unit of the product requires 30 minutes of work.What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations?

Accepted Answer

A) 2 
B) 3 
C) 4 
D) 5 
E) 6 
A) 2 
B) 3 
C) 4 
D) 5 
E) 6

Question 15

A fabrication line and an assembly line are both types of repetitive and product-focused layout,but only the fabrication line utilizes workstations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

"Having a focused work centre is like having a factory within a factory." Discuss.Include in your discussion what conditions make focused work centers appropriate.

Accepted Answer

A focused work centre is a permanent pro

Question 17

"A special arrangement of machinery and equipment to focus on production of a single product or group of related products" describes what layout type?

Accepted Answer

A) fixed-position layout 
B) intermittent production 
C) job shop 
D) work cell 
E) warehouse layout 
A) fixed-position layout 
B) intermittent production 
C) job shop 
D) work cell 
E) warehouse layout

Question 18

Which of the following is not a heuristic rule for assigning tasks to workstations in a product layout?

Accepted Answer

A) longest tasks first 
B) in order of most number of following tasks 
C) median tasks first 
D) shortest tasks first 
E) in accordance with positional weight 
A) longest tasks first 
B) in order of most number of following tasks 
C) median tasks first 
D) shortest tasks first 
E) in accordance with positional weight

Question 19

What are the advantages of focused factories?

Accepted Answer

Focused factories are better a

Question 20

A process-oriented layout is the traditional way to support a product differentiation strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Layout Strategies

Which of the following is a common heuristic for assembly line balancing?

To develop a good facility layout,what must be determined?

One guideline for determining the arrangement and space allocation of a retail store is to place high-impulse and high-margin items such as housewares and beauty aids in prominent locations.

One drawback of a product-oriented layout is that work stoppage at any one point ties up the whole operation.

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 the Office Relationship Chart,which rating reflects the highest importance for two departments' closeness to each other?

Which of the following is true regarding fabrication lines?

Identify McDonald's "seven major innovations."

The main issue in designing process layouts concerns the relative positioning of

Balancing a work cell is done

Four hundred and eighty minutes of production time are available per day.The schedule calls for the production of 80 units per day.Each unit of the product requires 30 minutes of work.What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations?

A fabrication line and an assembly line are both types of repetitive and product-focused layout,but only the fabrication line utilizes workstations.

"Having a focused work centre is like having a factory within a factory." Discuss.Include in your discussion what conditions make focused work centers appropriate.

"A special arrangement of machinery and equipment to focus on production of a single product or group of related products" describes what layout type?

Which of the following is not a heuristic rule for assigning tasks to workstations in a product layout?

What are the advantages of focused factories?

A process-oriented layout is the traditional way to support a product differentiation strategy.

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