Definitions

Question 1

Productivity (3)

Answer 1

• To do more with less
• To do more with the same
• To do the same with less

Question 2

Value Added

Answer 2

What the customer is willing to pay for your product.

Question 3

Idle Time

Answer 3

Tiempo muerto

Question 4

World Class Manufacture

Answer 4

standard or guide of how many or how fast to do certain things.

Question 5

SMED :

Answer 5

less than 10 minutes.

Question 6

Internal times:

Answer 6

todo lo que tiene que ver con la máquina.

Question 7

External times:

Answer 7

trabajo que hace una persona y no es directamente con la máquina. To diminish this you need to improve the method.

Question 8

Standard cost:

Answer 8

costo que utilizas para tu planeación a futuro.

Question 9

Average cost

Answer 9

considerando una unidad de tiempo.

Question 10

Last cost

Answer 10

Último costo

Question 11

Objectives of Methods Engineering (3)

Answer 11

To reach preset standards
To achieve an adequate compensation for workers according to their production, skills, responsibilities and experience
To achieve a status satisfaction on workers for the work they do

Question 12

The only way a business or company can grow and increase their gains is by increasing its

Answer 12

production or productivity.

Question 13

Other names for methods engineering

Answer 13

Motion and time study
Job analysis
Job design
Work measurement
Work simplification
Reengineering
Research and development

Question 14

Techniques to stablish a standard

Answer 14

Time recording

History data

Question 15

system

Answer 15

same process for different kind of things. Same approach.

Question 16

Methods Engineering

Answer 16

Methods engineering includes 
the design, creation and 
selection of the best 
manufacturing methods, 
processes, tools, equipment 
and skills to manufacture a product based on the specifications developed by the product engineering area.

Question 17

Job Design

Answer 17

Actions developed in order to adapt the task and the work station ergonomically to the human operator, not only to make it more productive but also safer and free of risks for the operator.

Question 18

Standards

Answer 18

The standards are the final result of the study of times or the work measurement. This technique establishes a standard of time allowed to carry out a certain task, based on the measurements of the work content of the prescribed method, with due consideration of the fatigue and unavoidable delays of the personnel.

Question 19

Objective of work design and standards

Answer 19

Increase productivity and reliability

Reduce unit costs, which allows more quality goods and services to be produced for more people.

Question 20

Systematic procedure of methods and measurement of work

Answer 20

Exploratory
-Project Selection
-Obtaining and presenting data
Registration and Analysis
-Analysis of data
Quantitative
-Development of ideal method
-Present and install the method
-Development of work analysis
-Set time standards
-Tracing

Question 21

Exploratory Tools

Answer 21

Pareto Chart
Fishbone diagram
Gantt Chart
PERT Diagrams
Work/place analysis

Question 22

Registration and Analysis Tools

Answer 22

-Graph of the Operative Process
-Process Flow Chart
-Flowchart or Route
-Diagrams of Man-Machine –Processes
.Group Process Diagrams

Question 23

Quantitative Tools

Answer 23

Synchronous Service
Random Service
Complex Relations
Line Balancing

Question 24

Industry is characterized by

Answer 24

increasing productivity

Question 25

Customers expect

Answer 25

Products in low volume
High quality products
Custom products

Question 26

Method engineering complicates the work

Answer 26

False, Simplifies

Question 27

Study of times

Answer 27

Measure work and establishes standards

Question 28

Just in Time

Answer 28

Product just what is needed, when it is needed, only in the quantity needed.