Exam 1 - Key Terms 3

Question 1

Employee empowerment

Answer 1

The practice of giving non-managerial employees the responsibility and the power to make decisions regarding their jobs or tasks.

Question 2

Employee involvement (EI)

Answer 2

The concept of using the experience, creative energy, and intelligence of all employees by treating them with respect, keeping them informed, and including them and their ideas in decision-making processes appropriate to their areas of expertise.

Question 3

Explode

Answer 3

To perform a bill-of-material explosion

Question 4

External failure costs

Answer 4

The costs related to problems found after the product reaches the customer. This usually includes costs as warranty and returns.

Question 5

External setup time

Answer 5

The time associated with elements of a setup procedure performed while the process or machine is running.

Question 6

Field service

Answer 6

The functions of installing and maintaining a product for a customer after the sale or during the lease. Field service may also include training and implementation assistance.

Question 7

Finished goods inventory

Answer 7

Those items on which all manufacturing operations, including final test, have been completed. These products are available for shipment to the customer as either end items or repair parts.

Question 8

Finite forward scheduling

Answer 8

An equipment scheduling technique that builds a schedule by proceeding sequentially from the initial period to the final period while observing capacity limits.

Question 9

Finite loading

Answer 9

Assigning no more work to a work center than the work center can be expected to execute in a given time period. Syn: finite scheduling

Question 10

Firm planned order (FPO)

Answer 10

A planned order that can be frozen in quantity and time. The computer is not allowed to change it automatically; this is the responsibility of the planner in charge of the item that is being planned.

Question 11

Five Ss

Answer 11

Five terms beginning with “S” used to create a workplace suitable for lean production: sort, scrub, simplify, standardize, and sustain.

Question 12

Five Ss - Sort

Answer 12

To separate needed items from unneeded ones and remove the latter. Japanese equivalent: seiri

Question 13

Five Ss - Simplify

Answer 13

To neatly arrange items for use. Japanese equivalent: seiton

Question 14

Five Ss - Scrub

Answer 14

To clean up the work area. Japanese equivalent: seiso

Question 15

Five Ss - Standardize

Answer 15

To sort, simplify, and scrub daily. Japanese equivalent: seiketsu

Question 16

Five Ss - Sustain

Answer 16

The act of following the first four Ss. Japanese equivalent: Shitsuke

Question 17

Five whys

Answer 17

The common practice in total quality management is to ask “why” five times when confronted with a problem. By the answer to the fifth “why” is found, the ultimate cause of the problem is identified. Also knows as five Ws; root cause analysis

Question 18

Fixed order quantity

Answer 18

A lot-sizing technique in MRP or inventory management that will always cause planned or actual orders to be generated for a predetermined fixed quantity, or multiples thereof, if net requirements for the period exceed the fixed order quantity.

Question 19

Fixed overhead

Answer 19

Traditionally, all manufacturing costs–other than direct labor and direct materials–that continue even if products are not produced. Although fixed overhead is necessary to produce the product, it cannot be directly traced to the final product.

Question 20

Fixed-location storage

Answer 20

A method of storage in which a relatively permanent location is assigned for the storage of each item in a storeroom or warehouse. Although more space is needed to store pats than in a random-location storage system, fixed locations become familiar, and therefore a locator file may not be needed.

Question 21

Flow processing

Answer 21

In process systems development, work flows from one workstation to another at a nearly constant rate and with no delays.

Question 22

Flow processing - discrete/geometric production

Answer 22

Process is called repetitive manufacturing

Question 23

Flow processing - non-geometric production

Answer 23

Process is called continuous manufacturing

Question 24

Flow shop

Answer 24

A form of manufacturing organization in which machines and operators handle a standard, usually uninterrupted, material flow.

Question 25

Flowchart

Answer 25

The output of a flowcharting process; a chart that shows the operations, transportation, storages, delays, inspections, and so on related to a process

Question 26

Fluctuation inventory

Answer 26

Inventory that is carried as a cushion to protect against error.

Question 27

Forward scheduling

Answer 27

A scheduling technique where the schedule proceeds from a known start date and computes the completion date for an order, usually proceeding from the first operation to the last.

Question 28

Functional layout

Answer 28

A facility configuration in which operations of a similar nature or function are grouped together. Also known as job shop layout or process layout

Question 29

Gantt chart

Answer 29

The earliest and best-known type of planning and control chart, especially designed to show graphically the relationship between planned performance and actual performance over time. Also known as job progress chart or milestone chart

Question 30

Gemba

Answer 30

The place where humans create value; the real workplace.