Deck 5: Capacity Management

Question 1

A shows the capacity required at each work center based on planned and released orders for each time period of the plan.

A) work center profile
B) load profile
C) scheduled order profile
D) work center master

Answer 1

B

Question 2

are generated by the priority planning system and involve the translation of the priorities, generally given in units of product or some common unit, into hours of work required at each work center in each time period:

A) Capacity requirements
B) Capacity bills
C) Work center reports
D) all of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Available capacity in production planning is:

A) the amount of inventory that can be held in a warehouse
B) the quantity of work that can be performed in a given period of time
C) a measure of the ability of a plant to consume raw materials
D) all of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

is responsible for capacity planning at the master production schedule level and at the material requirements planning level:
I) Resource planning.
II) Rough-cut capacity planning.
III) Capacity requirements planning.

A) I and II
B) I and III
C) II and III
D) none of the above

Question 5

The available capacity will be influenced by: I. Product specification.
II) Product mix.
III) Work effort.
IV) Units of measurement

A) I, II and III only
B) I, II and IV only
C) II, III and IV only
D) III only
E) IV only

Question 6

is responsible for determining the capacity required and methods of making the capacity available.

A) Production planning
B) Master production scheduling
C) Production activity control
D) Capacity planning
E) Material requirements planning

Question 7

The capacity available with no regard for downtime, utilization and efficiency is:

A) Measured capacity
B) Theoretical capacity
C) Finite capacity
D) Available time

Question 8

A report that shows the future capacity requirements based on released and planned orders for each time period of the plan is called:

A) load report
B) capacity report
C) order report
D) dispatch list

Question 9

Over the previous three weeks a work center produced 36, 43, and 35 standard hours of work. What is the demonstrated capacity?

A) 114 standard hours
B) 36 standard hours
C) 38 standard hours
D) 43 standard hours

Question 10

One hundred units of part A are to be processed on a work center. The setup time is 2 hours and the run time per piece is 10 minutes. The total standard time will be:

A) 2 hours 10 minutes
B) 3 hours 40 minutes
C) 10 minutes
D) 1000 minutes
E) 1120 minutes

Question 11

The percentage of time the work center is active compared to the available time is called:

A) efficiency
B) effectiveness
C) utilization
D) up-time

Question 12

A work center was available for work 80 hours, produced 74 standard hours of work and actually worked 67 hours. What is the efficiency of the work center?

A) 92.5%
B) 110.4%
C) 108.1%
D) 119.4%

Question 13

Information on the standard times for an operation will be found in:

A) the work center master
B) the routing
C) the bill of materials
D) the product master

Question 14

Rated capacity is calculated taking into account work center _ and .
I) historical data
II) utilization
III) efficiency

A) I and II
B) I and III
C) II and III
D) none of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT an input needed in capacity requirements planning?

A) open shop orders
B) planned order releases
C) routings
D) time standards
E) rough-cut capacity

Question 16

(Available time) × (utilization) × (efficiency) is called:

A) effectiveness
B) useful capacity
C) demonstrated capacity
D) rated capacity
E) work time

Question 17

The ratio of standard hours of work produced to hours actually worked is called:

A) efficiency
B) effectiveness
C) utilization
D) up-time

Question 18

Which of the following is the best statement?

A) open shop orders appear as scheduled receipts in the MRP
B) information on queue and wait time can be obtained from the work center file
C) the Gregorian calendar is suitable for production planning
D) a and b are true
E) b and c are true

Question 19

A work center consists of 2 machines working 8 hours a day and 5 days a week.
Historically, utilization has been 80% and the efficiency 90%. The effective capacity, to the nearest hour, would be:

A) 80 hours
B) 40 hours
C) 30 hours
D) 50 hours
E) 58 hours

Question 20

In the short run, capacity can be altered by any of the following EXCEPT:

A) scheduling overtime
B) selecting alternate routings
C) reallocating the work force
D) purchasing new equipment
E) subcontracting out

Question 21

The difference between backward scheduling and forward scheduling is which of the following?

A) Backward scheduling begins from the due date, forward scheduling begins with the start date
B) Backward scheduling begins from the start date, forward scheduling begins with the due date
C) Backward scheduling uses firm and planned orders, forward scheduling uses only planned orders
D) Backward scheduling uses standard times, forward scheduling uses actual lead times

Question 22

Available capacity planned to exceed capacity required is:

A) Alternate capacity
B) Infinite capacity
C) Safety capacity
D) Theoretical capacity

Question 23

In one week a work center produces 130 standard hours of work. The hours scheduled are
120, and 105 hours are actually worked. The utilization is:

A) 80.8%
B) 87.5%
C) 92.3%
D) 108.3%
E) 123.8%