BUSMGT 3130 Chapter 7: Manufacturing Processes

If a car has four engine choices, three transmission choices, and five entertainment choices, there are____________________ total number of combinations.

4 * 3 * 5 = 60

True or false: Carrying finished goods inventory is more expensive than carrying raw material inventory. True False

True

True or false: Manufacturing processes are used to make tangible goods. True False

True

Product-process matrix

a framework depicting when the different production process types are typically used, depending on product volume and how standardized the product is

Continuous process

a process that converts raw materials into finished product in one continuous process

Assemble-to-order

a production environment where preassembled components, subassemblies, and modules are put together in a response to a specific customer order

Make-to-stock

a production environment where the customer is served "on-demand" from finished goods inventory

Manufacturing cell

groups dissimilar machines to work on products that have similar shapes and processing requirements

Engineer-to-order

here the firm works with the customer to design the product, which is then made from purchased material, parts, and components.

Place the following production methods in order starting with the one having the highest level of inventory investment and moving down to the one with the lowest inventory investment. Make-to-stock Assemble-to-order Make-to-order Engineer-to-order

1. Make-to-stock 2.Assemble-to-order 3.Make-to-order 4.Engineer-to-order

Place the following production methods in order starting with the one having inventory closest to the customer and then moving back to the one with inventory closest to the source. - make-to-stock - make-to-order - assemble-to-order - engineer-to-order

1. make-to-stock 2. assemble-to-order 3. make-to-order 4. engineer-to-order

There are _________________ dimensions depicted on a product-process matrix.

2 , two, to, or too

Make-to-order

A production environment where the product is built directly from raw materials and components in response to a specific customer order.

What is the relationship between response to customer demand and inventory investment? There is minimal relationship between inventory investment and customer response. The quicker you respond, the less inventory you have. Having more inventory makes it harder, and therefore slower, to respond to customers. A quicker response comes at the expense of greater inventory investment.

A quicker response comes at the expense of greater inventory investment.

Which of the following would be recommended by the product-process matrix for high volumes? Manufacturing cell Project Continuous/Assembly line Workcenter/Workunit

Continuous / Assembly line

Which of the following is not a step required to make a good? Making Decoupling Delivering Sourcing

Decoupling

The time needed to respond to a customer order is called the lead time cycle time turnaround time throughput time

Lead Time

The issue of balancing the level of finished inventory against the level of service to the customer occurs in which type of firm? Make-to-order Engineer-to-order Assemble-to-order Make-to-stock

Make-to-stock

Which type of firm invests in lean manufacturing programs in order to improve customer service levels for a given inventory investment? Assemble-to-order Make-to-order Engineer-to-order Make-to-stock

Make-to-stock

Firms that service customers from finished goods inventory are known as engineer-to-order firms make-to-stock firms make-to-order firms assemble-to--order firms

Make-to-stock firms

A framework depicting when the different production process types are typically used depending on volume and standardization is known as what? Product-process matrix Process-cost matrix Product-volume matrix Process-time matrix

Product-Process Matrix

Lead Time

The time needed to respond to a customer order

Which work flow structures is appropriate for a process with great flexibility to produce a variety of products? Workcenter Continuous process Manufacturing cell Project layout

Workcenter

Assembly line

a setup in which an item is produced through a fixed sequence of workstations, designed to achieve a specific production rate.

Project Layout

a setup in which the product remains at one location, and equipment is moved to the product

A standard approach to choosing among alternative processes or equipment that uses fixed cost, variable costs, and revenue is known as break-even analysis net present value revenue analysis economic analysis

break-even analysis

The customer order _______________ point determines where inventory is positioned to allow processes or entities in the supply chain to operate independently.

decoupling

The higher the per unit revenue, the_____________________ the break-even volume.

lower, less, smaller, or lesser

workcenter

often referred to as a job shop, a process structure suited for low-volume production of a great variety of nonstandard products. Workcenters sometimes are referred to as departments and are focused on a particular type of operation

In the make-to-order and engineer-to-order environments, the customer order decoupling point could be in either raw materials at the manufacturing site or possibly even with the ______________ inventory.

supplier

lean manufactruing

to achieve high customer service with minimum levels of inventory investment

Customer order decoupling point

where inventory is positioned in the supply chain