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which of the following is not a basic type of process structure?

product-process matrix

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

Fabrication

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?

3

using the assembly line balancing procedure which of the following is theoretical minimum number of work stations if the task times for the eight tasks that make up the jobs are 7,4,7,8,9,4,3 and 6 minutes and the cycle time is 8?

6

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

according to little's law, which of the following ratios is used to find throughput rate?

Inventory/ Flow Time

according to little's law which of the following can be used to estimate work-in-process inventory?

Throughput rate times flow time

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

True

which of the following basic types of process structures is one which similar equipment or functions are grouped together?

Workcenter

a firm will work with a customer to design the product, and then make it from purchased materials, parts, and components. the firm is called:

an engineering to order firm

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

disposing of left-over machinery and outsourcing ungrouped processes

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

emergency exits

a continuous process indicated production of discrete parts moving from workstation to workstation at a controlled rate

false

a firm fills its customer's orders from finished goods inventory. it is a

make to stock firm

process selection refers to the strategic decision of selecting which of kind of production processes to use to produce a product or provide a service.

true

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

work center

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 units is 2000?

.72

you have just determined the actual number of work stations that will be used on an assembly line to be 8 using the assembly line balancing procedure. the cycle time of the line is 10 minutes and the sum of all the tasks required is 60 minutes. which of the following is the correct value for the resulting line's efficiency?

.750

you have just determined the actual number of work stations 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 the tasks required is 25 minutes. which of the following is the correct value for the resulting line's efficiency?

.833

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

3

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

a difference between project and continuous flow categories of process flow structures is which two of the following?

the size and bulk of the product

which of these expressions is little's law?

All of the above

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