Operations Management - Chapter 3 Missed Learn Smart

What shape is used to represent flow units waiting in a system (buffer inventory)?

Triangle

True or False: The flow rate for a process can be greater than the demand rate.

False

If the flow time for a process goes down then the time to finish X units starting with empty inventory buffers will ______.

decrease

A ______ resource is a customer of the upstream portion of a process.

downstream

An appropriate unit(s) for cycle time is: A. seconds B. minutes/burger C. minutes D. seconds/customer

B. minutes/burger D. seconds/customer

Which could be an appropriate unit for a processing time? A. second B. minutes C. seconds/customer D. minutes/burger

C. seconds/customer D. minutes/burger

If inventory goes up but flow time stays constant, what will happen to cycle time?

It will go down

______ are shown as rectangular boxes in the process flow diagram.

Resources

Flow units waiting in the process without being worked on are often referred to as _____ inventory.

buffer

From Little's Law we see that if inventory stays the same, but flow time increases then cycle time must _____.

increase

As cycle time increases, the time to make X units _______.

increases

Process analysis is a ______ framework for understanding the detailed operations of a business.

rigorous