Questions

Using the assembly-line balancing procedure, which of the following is the theoretical minimum number of workstations if the task times for the six tasks that make up the job are 4, 6, 7, 2, 6, and 5 minutes, and the cycle time is 10 minutes

3

The widespread scientific application of yield management began within what industry?

Airline

Which of the four costs relevant to aggregate production planning is the most difficult to accurately measure?

Backordering costs

In the agriculture industry, migrant workers are commonly employed to pick crops ready for harvest. They are hired as needed and are laid off once the crops are picked. The realities of the industry make this approach necessary. Which production planning strategy best describes this approach?

Chase Strategy

The essence of yield management is the ability to manage what?

Demand

Which of the following is not a step in developing a manufacturing cell layout?

Disposing of left-over machinery and outsourcing ungrouped processed

Which of the following is not a step in developing a manufacturing cell layout?

Disposing of left-over machinery and outsourcing ungrouped processes

The closer the customer is to the customer order decoupling point the more quickly the customer receives the product.

False

Under what type of demand is yield management most effective?

Highly variable

According to Little's Law, which of the following ratios is used to find throughput rate?

Inventory/flow time

Major operations and supply planning activities can be grouped into categories based on the relevant time range of the activity. Into what time range category does sales and operations planning fit?

Medium-range planning

Which of the following is not a basic type of process structure

Product process matrix

What category of planning covers a period from a day to six months, with daily or weekly time increments?

Short-range planning

According to Little's Law, which of the following can be used to estimate work-in-process inventory?

Throughput rate times flow time

The term "assembly line" refers to progressive assembly linked by some material handling device.

True

The volume requirements for the product are one determinant of the choice of which process structure to select.

True