Chapter 6: Learning Curves
True or false: The customer order decoupling point is where inventory is positioned in the supply chain
True
Firms that service customers from finished goods inventory are known as
make-to-stock firms
There are dimensions depicted on a product-process matrix.
2
If a car has four engine choices, three transmission choices, and five entertainment choices, there are total number of combinations.
60
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 response to a specific customer order.
Make-to-stock
A production environment where the customer is served "on-demand" from finished goods inventory.
Make-to-order
A production environment where the product is built directly from raw materials and components in response to a specific customer order.
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.
An is where work processes are arranged according to the progressive steps by which the product is made.
Assembly Line
Which of the following would be recommended by the product-process matrix for the highest product standardization?
Continuous
Which of the following would be recommended by the product-process matrix for high volumes?
Continuous/Assembly line
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.
Engineer-to-order
Here the firm works with the customer to design the product, which is then made from purchased material, parts, and components.
The higher the fixed cost, the the break-even volume.
Higher
The number of finished products is usually substantially than the number of components combined to produce the finished product.
Higher
time is the time needed to respond to a customer order.
Lead
The time needed to respond to a customer order is called the
Lead time
Many make-to-stock firms invest in manufacturing programs in order to achieve higher service levels for a given inventory investment.
Lean
The higher the per unit revenue, the the break-even volume.
Lower
Which type of firm invests in lean manufacturing programs in order to improve customer service levels for a given inventory investment?
Make-to-stock
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.
Which of the following is not used in a break-even calculation?
Overhead costs
Which of the following is one of the dimensions depicted on a product-process matrix?
Product standardization
In a layout, the product remains in a fixed location.
Project
Lean manufacturing
To achieve high customer service with minimum levels of inventory investment.
Customer order decoupling point
Where inventory is positioned in the supply chain.
The customer order point determines where inventory is positioned to allow processes or entities in the supply chain to operate independently.
decoupling
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 assemble make to order engineer to order
Place the following production methods in order starting with the shortest lead time and moving to the longest lead time.
make to stock assemble make to order engineer to order
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
