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37 Cards in this Set
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Production and operations management concepts and techniques are limited to manufacturing organizations
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False
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All production activities should start with the market place-- what the customer values
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True
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POM interacts with most other management systems within an organization
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True
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The first decision in creating a production system is defining the process technology
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False
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The choice of type of production process is typically made according to production volume
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False
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The volume of production is higher for assembly than job processing
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True
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The level of fixed cost is higher for continuous than job shop processing
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True
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The use of specialized equipment is less for continuous processing than batch processing
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False
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The level of automation is greater for job shop than project shop
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False
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As production processes evolve from batch to continuous flow, the product line narrows
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True
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As production processes evolve from batch to continuous flow, cost per unit decreases
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True
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The primary advantage of CIM is in the integration of if its coponent technologies
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True
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Product design and process selection is generally less formalized in services than in manufacturing
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True
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Desgin capacity refers to the amount that a company can produce under normal operating conditions
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True
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Economy of scale is minimized when a firm achieves the best operating level
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False
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The best operating level occurs at the peak of the average cost curve
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False
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The CRAFT layout program will always yeild an optimal solution
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False
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According to Japanese Management, the top priority of production lines is the line balance
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False
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Facility location refers to the site selection of the plant/ service branch
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True
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Definition of productivity
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Ratio of output/Input
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Process used to produce gasoline and petroleum
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Continuous Processing
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Process used to produce electronic components
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Assembly line
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Process used to produce a refrigerator
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Batch Process
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Process used to produce custom clothing
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Assembly line
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M in FMS stands for
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Manufacturing
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Designs concerning the nature of the processing system, the equipment to be used, and the routing of the product refer to the concept of
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Process Selection
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CIM is
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(1) a method used to increase flexibility
(2) a method which automates & integrates design, planning, control, and manufacturing itself (3) an automated version of the generic manufacturing process |
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CAD increases flexibility through
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Simplification of the design process and reduction of design leadtime
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FMS attempt to
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achieve the low cost of a mass production environment
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Method used in location analysis
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All
(1) transportation model (2) solution heuristics (3) factor rating |
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Layout Design inputs are
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(1) estimation of product or service demand on the system
(2) processing requirements (3) space availability within the facility itself |
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Not a mark of a good plant layout
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bottleneck operations
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AKA process layout
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Functional Layout
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AKA Flow line layout
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Product layout
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Compute the required cycle time for a process that operates 8hrs daily with a required output of 300 units per day
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480/300
1.6mins |
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When balancing an assembly line it is sometimes very hard in
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establishing rules by which taks are to be assigned to work stations
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Compute the required cycle time for a company which operates two identical production lines for 7.5hrs a day with a demand of 16,225 items per week
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450/3245
.1387 mins |