POM Chapter 6 MC

Using the assembly-line balancing procedure, which of the following is the required cycle time if the production time in minutes per day is 1440 and the required output per day in units is 2000?

0.72

You have just determined the actual number of workstations that will be used on an assembly line to be 6 using the assembly-line balancing procedure. The cycle time of the line is 5 minutes and the sum of all that tasks required on the line is 25 minutes. Which of the following is the correct value for the resulting line's efficiency?

0.833

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

Using the assembly-line balancing procedure, which of the following is the required cycle time in minutes per unit if the daily production time is 480 minutes and the required daily output is 50 units?

9.6

The placement of which of the following is not determined by production process organization decisions?

Emergency exits

Which of the following is not considered a major work flow structure?

Fabrication

When balancing an assembly line, which of the following is not a way to reduce the longest task time below the required workstation cycle time?

Speed up the assembly line transfer mechanism

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

Throughput rate times Flow time

Which of the following is a basic type of process structure?

Workcenter

Which of the following basic types of process structures is one which equipment or work processes are arranged according to the progressive steps by which the product is made?

assembly line