Question 1

What are the 5Ss? Why does the list of the 5Ss sometimes have seven elements?

Accepted Answer

The five terms are sort/segreg

Question 2

Identify some of the signals that kanban systems use.

Accepted Answer

Kanban systems use a wide variety of sig

Question 3

Define variability within the context of JIT.

Accepted Answer

Variability is any deviation f

Question 4

Which one of the following statements is true about the kanban system?

Accepted Answer

A) The quantities in the containers are usually large to reduce setup costs. 
B) It is associated with a push system. 
C) It is useful to smooth operations when numerous quality problems occur. 
D) The supplier workstation signals the customer workstation as soon as a batch is completed. 
E) The customer workstation signals to the supplier workstation when production is needed. 
A) The quantities in the containers are usually large to reduce setup costs. 
B) It is associated with a push system. 
C) It is useful to smooth operations when numerous quality problems occur. 
D) The supplier workstation signals the customer workstation as soon as a batch is completed. 
E) The customer workstation signals to the supplier workstation when production is needed.

Question 5

Which of the following is not a reason for variability?

Accepted Answer

A) Employees,machines,and suppliers produce units late. 
B) Customer demand is unknown. 
C) Employees,machines,and suppliers produce units that conform to standards. 
D) Engineering drawings are inaccurate. 
E) Drawings or specifications are incomplete. 
A) Employees,machines,and suppliers produce units late. 
B) Customer demand is unknown. 
C) Employees,machines,and suppliers produce units that conform to standards. 
D) Engineering drawings are inaccurate. 
E) Drawings or specifications are incomplete.

Question 6

Because most services cannot be inventoried,there is little place for JIT to help service organizations achieve competitive advantage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The ________ is the time between the arrival of raw materials and the shipping of finished products.

Accepted Answer

manufactur

Question 8

A certain product has been effectively managed in the past,according to its managers.The previous technique used the economic production quantity model,and resulted in an optimum lot size of 100.For this product,setup time is directly proportional to setup cost,and setup time is currently 40 minutes per batch.How much must setup time decline in order for the lot size to fall to 50 units? 25 units? 10 units?

Accepted Answer

Complete data for the problem is not nec

Question 9

One goal of JIT partnerships is the removal of in-plant inventory by delivery in small lots directly to the using department as needed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The main focus of JIT efforts to reduce investment in inventory requires ________.

Accepted Answer

small lot

Question 11

Reducing distance is a common JIT goal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is not one of the Seven Wastes?

Accepted Answer

A) overproduction 
B) transportation 
C) assignment 
D) defective product 
E) motion 
A) overproduction 
B) transportation 
C) assignment 
D) defective product 
E) motion

Question 13

JIT suppliers have concerns that the JIT firm's demands for small lot sizes are simply a way of transferring holding cost from manufacturer firm to the supplier firm.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Excess bags of basic commodities such as flour and sugar that are stored in a restaurant's kitchen represent which of the following wastes?

Accepted Answer

A) overproduction 
B) queues 
C) transportation 
D) inventory 
E) defective product 
A) overproduction 
B) queues 
C) transportation 
D) inventory 
E) defective product

Question 15

Manufacturing cycle time is best defined as the

Accepted Answer

A) length of the work shift,expressed in minutes per day. 
B) time it takes a unit to move from one workstation to the next. 
C) time between the start of one unit and the start of the next unit. 
D) sum of all the task times to make one unit of a product. 
E) time from raw materials receipt to finished product exit. 
A) length of the work shift,expressed in minutes per day. 
B) time it takes a unit to move from one workstation to the next. 
C) time between the start of one unit and the start of the next unit. 
D) sum of all the task times to make one unit of a product. 
E) time from raw materials receipt to finished product exit.

Question 16

Which of the following is true regarding the steps to reducing setup times?

Accepted Answer

A) The first step involves performing as much setup preparation as possible while the process/machine is operating. 
B) The cycle of steps is repeated until setup time is reduced to under a minute. 
C) The standardization of both tooling and work procedures is advantageous to setup time reduction. 
D) Improved material handling and move material closer are done before operator training. 
E) All of the above are true. 
A) The first step involves performing as much setup preparation as possible while the process/machine is operating. 
B) The cycle of steps is repeated until setup time is reduced to under a minute. 
C) The standardization of both tooling and work procedures is advantageous to setup time reduction. 
D) Improved material handling and move material closer are done before operator training. 
E) All of the above are true.

Question 17

The 5S term ________ includes analysis to improve workflow and reduce wasted motion.

Accepted Answer

simplify/s

Exam 16: Jit and Lean Operations

What are the 5Ss? Why does the list of the 5Ss sometimes have seven elements?

Identify some of the signals that kanban systems use.

Define variability within the context of JIT.

Which one of the following statements is true about the kanban system?

Which of the following is not a reason for variability?

Because most services cannot be inventoried,there is little place for JIT to help service organizations achieve competitive advantage.

The ________ is the time between the arrival of raw materials and the shipping of finished products.

One goal of JIT partnerships is the removal of in-plant inventory by delivery in small lots directly to the using department as needed.

The main focus of JIT efforts to reduce investment in inventory requires ________.

Reducing distance is a common JIT goal.

Which of the following is not one of the Seven Wastes?

JIT suppliers have concerns that the JIT firm's demands for small lot sizes are simply a way of transferring holding cost from manufacturer firm to the supplier firm.

Excess bags of basic commodities such as flour and sugar that are stored in a restaurant's kitchen represent which of the following wastes?

Manufacturing cycle time is best defined as the

Which of the following is true regarding the steps to reducing setup times?

The 5S term ________ includes analysis to improve workflow and reduce wasted motion.

Operations and Productivity

Operations Strategy in a Global Environment

Project Management

Forecasting

Sustainability in the Supply Chain and Design of Goods and Services

Managing Quality

Process Strategy and Sustainability

Location Strategies

Layout Strategies

Human Resources,job Design,and Work Measurement

Supply-Chain Management

Inventory Management

Aggregate Planning

Material Requirements Planning Mrpand ERP

Short-Term Scheduling

Maintenance and Reliability

Statistical Process Control

Capacity and Constraint Management

Supply Chain Management Analytics

Decision-Making Tools

Linear Programming

Transportation Models

Waiting-Line Models

Learning Curves

Simulation

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