TOM 301 Chapter 4 Assignment Questions

A non-bottleneck worker currently has an idle time of 20 seconds per unit. Because of the large demand, the company improves the process by adding more capacity to the bottleneck. How does this impact the idle time of the worker? The idle time would decrease The idle time would stay the same The idle time would increase Cannot determine from the given information

A

You and three of your friends run a car wash for a fundraiser. Between interior and exterior cleaning, you spend about 40 minutes per vehicle. You are so successful that the next day, you invite four more friends to help. How does this impact the labor content? The labor content goes up The labor content stays the same The labor content goes down Cannot determine from the given information

B

How does the takt time change as the demand rate increases? The takt time increases The takt time stays the same The takt time decreases Cannot determine from the given information

C

A process has high fixed cost and low variable costs. It is currently capacity constrained. Will the impact of an efficiency improvement be small or large? Small Large

Large

If the takt time is shorter than the cycle time, the process needs to run faster. True False

True