Chapter 8 - Operations & management

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Retail Service Layout

*Design maximizes product exposure to customers* Decision variables: -Store flow pattern -Allocation of (shelf) space to products Types: -Grid design -Free-flow design

False

A manufacturing cell groups identical machines together to work on products having similar shapes and processing requirements.

False

A project layout is similar to the basic production layout format of the workcenter.

True

A workcenter layout is similar to the basic production layout format of job-shop.

False

Assembly lines are a special case of a project layout.

toy factory

Goal is to arrange eight work centers to minimize interdepartmental handling cost.

False

If the sum of the task times required to produce a product is 80 minutes and the cycle time for the same product is 15 minutes, the theoretical minimum number of workstations is 8 using the assembly-line balancing procedure.

True

In assembly-line balancing, the theoretical minimum number of workstations is found by a ratio of the sum of all task times divided by the cycle time.

True

In designing a production layout a flexible line layout might have the shape of a "U".

Staffing

In the design of retail service layouts, the term "ambient conditions" does not refer to which of the following?

False

The efficiency of an assembly line is found by a ratio of the sum of all task times divided by the cycle time.

True

The first step in balancing an assembly line is to specify the precedence relationships among tasks to be performed on the line.

The physical surroundings in which the service takes place

The term "servicescape" refers to which of the following?

9.6

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?

4

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 7, 4, 7, 5, 3, and 6 minutes, and the cycle time is 8 minutes?

Assembly Line Layout

Which of the following basic types of production layout formats is one in which equipment or work processes are arranged according to the progressive steps by which the product is made?

Disposing of leftover machinery and outsourcing ungrouped processes

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

Project Layout

product remains at one location

.833

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?

office layout

the grouping of workers, their equipment, and spaces/offices to provide for comfort, safety, and movement of information

Facility layout

the process of determining placement of departments, workgroups within departments, workstations, machines, and stock - holding points within a facility


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