Chap 10 Quiz

____ is used to schedule big projects, production and operations managers break complex operations into smaller tasks and estimates the time needed to complete the key tasks. This scheduling system was developed in the 1950s for building and maintaining chemical plants.

Critical path method (CPM)

T or F: Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) uses computers to develop and control the production process.

true

T or F: Robots are especially useful for repetitive tasks such as cutting sheet metal and spot welding.

true

T or F: Service companies generally use a repetitive or intermittent production process rather than the continuous process.

true

Using at least 50 words, identify which layout NASA uses when it is building a spaceship to carry astronauts into orbit around the moon and how that process works.

Fixed-position layout

_____ charts are bar graphs that are plotted on a time line to show the relationship between scheduled and actual production. -Gantt -Taylor -Procedural -Critical path -Bellwether

Gantt

_____ is a system in which production inputs arrive just when they are needed for production rather than being stored on site.

Just-in-time (JIT)

Using at least 50 words, explain how materials requirement planning (MRP) differs from enterprise resource planning (ERP).

MRP uses a master schedule to ensure that the materials, labor, and equipment needed for production are at the right places in the right amounts at the right times. ERP systems go a step further and incorporate information about the firm's suppliers and customers into the flow of data.

_____ is a popular computerized system of controlling inventories that uses a master list to ensure availability of materials, labor, and equipment needed for production are at the right places in the right amounts at the right time.

Materials requirement planning

A _____ process uses long production runs that may last days, weeks, or months without equipment shutdown.

continuous

Synergy Oil and Gas builds oil-well drilling platforms to customer and government specifications. These platforms can cost as much as $1 billion. Synergy works on one platform at a time, and when it is finished, moves its crew to a new project. Synergy engages in: -customization -mass production -niche manufacturing -specialization -individualized production

customization

T or F: Process layout is almost always designed as a continuous, assembly-line layout.

false

T or F: Total quality management says that quality is the responsibility solely of the production and shipping departments.

false

A product layout that stays in one place and in which the workers and machinery move to it as needed is called a _____ layout.

fixed-position

A(n) _____ is a manufacturing firm that produces goods in response to customized orders. -transformation shop -engineering plant -assembly plant -conversion plant -job shop

job shop

_____ is the aspect of production control that involves specifying and controlling the time required for each step in the production process. -Scheduling -Routing -Mapping -Time assignment -Prioritization

scheduling

One useful tool for routing is _____, where production managers "map" the flow from suppliers through the factory to customers. -bottleneck identification -route visualization -production charting -value-stream mapping -process mapping

value-stream mapping