Content Quiz 4: Manufacturing Processes (Module 4)

Which of the following describes the layout used when an item is produced through a fixed sequence of workstations?

Assembly line

Which of the following type of work flow is appropriate when production volume is high?

Assembly line

Which of the following describes the layout used for a dedicated area where a group of similar products are produced?

Manufacturing cell

The closer the customer is to the customer order decoupling point, the longer it takes the customer to receive the product.

False

The essential issue in satisfying customers in the make-to-stock environment is to balance the cost of the finished item against the willingness of the consumer to pay for it.

False

Throughput rate is defined as the maximum rate that work can be produced by the entire process.

False

Workcenter layouts allocate dissimilar machines into cells to work on products that have dissimilar processing requirements.

False

The performance metric that measures the average time for a unit to move through a system is which of the following

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

Assembling-to-order means moving the customer order decoupling point from finished goods to components.

True

Engineer-to-order firms will work with the customer to design the product, and then make it from purchased materials, parts, and components.

True

Special purpose (i.e. dedicated) equipment is used in assembly line.

True

The customer order decoupling point is where inventory is positioned in the supply chain.

True

The first step in analyzing the flow of material through a production process is known as process mapping

True

The product-process matrix shows the relationship between process structures and product volume and variety characteristics.

True