TOM 301 Chapter 8 Assignment Questions

An orthopedic surgeon has read an article about the Toyota Production System and now wants to organize her surgery operation based on lean principles. To eliminate all idle time in the operating room, she decides to call in patients six hours before the scheduled surgery time. Is this a lean process? Yes No Cannot be determined

No

An executive declares that his company has achieved an OEE of 115%.Is this possible? Yes No Sometimes

Noi

If the demand rate increases, the takt time: Increases Decreases

decrease

What are the two pillars of the Toyota Production System? Just-in-Time and waste reduction Waste reduction and built in quality Built in quality and Just-in-Time Process improvement and waste reduction

C

A company is increasing the percentage value add time in the operation. Their value add time and their flow rate remain unchanged. What will happen to their inventory turns (recall from chapter 2 that inventory turns are computed as flow rate divided by inventory)? Inventory turns will go up Inventory turns will stay constant Inventory turns will go down Cannot determine from the given information

A

A company makes two models, A and B. Which of the following production schedules is more level? ABABABABAB AAAAABBBBB

A

Stopping the line can cause a loss of output. For this reason, an employee should stop the line: Whenever a problem occurs Whenever the employee sees the cost of stopping the line as lower than the costs of not stopping Whenever he or she needs to go on a break Never

A

Which of the following objectives is more important in a pull system? Producing at the rate of demand Keeping the equipment utilization

A

1What happens to the number of Kanban cards in the process if the replenishment time goes up? The number of Kanban cards increases The number of Kanban cards stays the same The number of Kanban cards decreases Cannot determine from the given information

A`

Because of long set-up times, a company chooses to run big production batches. Which of the following actions will level the production schedule? Using overtime Mixing the models on the final line Making sure that rework is kept low Reducing the waste of the process

B

Students have to change buildings between classes, which often times involve walks of 5 minutes or more. Walking from one building to another is: Waste Non-value add time Value add time Cannot determine from the given infomation

B

What is the relationship between the number of Kanban cards in a process and the inventory level? There is no relationship between the two There never can be more inventory in the process than what was authorized via Kanban cards The inventory of the process grows with the square root of the number of Kanban cards The inventory of the process can be reduced by adding more Kanban cards

B

Which of the following does not belong to the seven sources of waste? Rework Over time Transportation Inventory

B

If the demand rate increases, the takt time: Increases Decreases

Decreases

In a service operation, we can compute the value add time by simply looking at the labor content. True False

F

A single inspection system with experts testing the output of the process will help reduce the information turnaround time. True False

False

Genchi Genbutsu requires the implementation of a pull system. True False

False

If customers want to have 1000 units over 10 days, one should aim at producing 100 units per day instead of doing 111 units per day in the beginning and then having a little safety buffer at the end. True False

False

If the takt time increases, the operation requires: More workers Fewer workers

Fewer

Taiichi Ohno built the Toyota Production System with the metaphor of a tiger in mind. Rapid and decisive movements were in his view the best way to match supply with demand. True False

Flase

Which of the following objectives is more important in a pull system? Producing at the rate of demand Keeping the equipment utilization

Producing at rate of demand

A worker in charge of assembling a bicycle finds a faster way to mount the pedals. He turns to his supervisor. The supervisor explains that the process had been optimized by the engineering department and so the worker should make sure to stick with the existing procedures. The work of which management scholar does this fit best? Taylor Ohno Womack Fujimoto

Taylor

Which car company is most often associated with the term lean operations? General Motors Ford Toyota Honda

Toyota

What is the roof in the "house-shaped" representation of the Toyota Production System? Just-in-Time Waste reduction Built in quality Process improvement

b