Ch 6

Question 1

Why is process selection important?

Answer 1

It defines how production of goods or services is organized

Question 2

The mix of equipment and labor that will be used by the organization

Answer 2

Capital Intensity

Question 3

The degree to which the system can be adjusted to changes in processing requirements due to factors

Answer 3

Process flexibility

Question 4

Volume variety mix: High service/low volume

Answer 4

Job Shop

Question 5

Volume variety mix: Moderate service/moderate volume

Answer 5

Batch

Question 6

Volume variety mix: Low service/high volume

Answer 6

Repetitive

Question 7

Volume variety mix: Very low service/very high volume

Answer 7

Continuous

Question 8

Linking key product or service requirements to process capabilities and marketing conditions

Answer 8

Product or service profiling

Question 9

The application of scientific discoveries to the developments and improvement of products and services and/or the development and improvement of processes that produce or provide them

Answer 9

Technology

Question 10

The discovery and development of new or improved products, services, or processes for producing or providing them

Answer 10

Technological Innovation

Question 11

Mechanizing tasks once performed by humans, using machinery with sensing and control devices enabling automatic operation

Answer 11

Automation

Question 12

High cost, single purpose machinery

Answer 12

Fixed automation

Question 13

High cost, multi purpose within a range of type operations

Answer 13

Programmable automation

Question 14

More custom than programmable, but designed for faster changeovers

Answer 14

Flexible automation

Question 15

Group of machines designed to handle intermittent processing requirements and produce a variety of similar products

Answer 15

Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS)

Question 16

A system for linking a broad range of operation activities through an integrated computer system

Answer 16

Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)

Question 17

Configuring departments, work centers and equipment, with particular emphasis on movement of work through the system

Answer 17

Layout

Question 18

What is the basic objective of facilities layout design?

Answer 18

To facilitate the flow of work, material, and information through the system

Question 19

Uses standardized processing operations to achieve smooth, rapid, high-volume flow

Answer 19

Product layout

Question 20

What is the main issue in designing process layouts?

Answer 20

The relative placement of the departments

Question 21

A layout in which the product or project remains stationary, and workers, materials, and equipment are moved to it as needed

Answer 21

Fixed Position layout

Question 22

Layout in which workstations are grouped into a unit that can process items that have similar processing requirements

Answer 22

Cellular production

Question 23

The grouping of items with similar design or manufacturing characteristics into part families

Answer 23

Group technology

Question 24

The process of assigning tasks to workstations in such a way that the workstations have approximately equal time requirements and idle time is minimized

Answer 24

Line Balancing

Question 25

The time between completion of two discrete units of productions

Answer 25

Cycle time

Question 26

What is the formula for cycle time?

Answer 26

Operating time per day / desired output rate

Question 27

What is the formula for output rate?

Answer 27

Operating time per day / cycle time

Question 28

The required number of workstations is a function of:

Answer 28

• Desired output rate

- Our ability to combine tasks into a workstation

Question 29

A diagram that shows elemental tasks and their sequencing requirements

Answer 29

Precedence Diagram