Final Exam Flashcards
Who is the father of industrial engineering?
Frederic Winslow Taylor
What is craft?
Craft means an activity involving skill in making things by hand.
Who invented the steam engine and when was it invented?
James Watt in 1764.
Who invented the assembly line?
Henry Ford in 1913.
Who invented the division of labor?
Adam Smith in 1776.
Who invented the time and motion study?
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth in 1922.
What is the goal of an industrial engineer?
- Make the businessman happy
- Make the worker happy
- Make the customer happy
What are the 6 Pillars of the IE Way?
- Systems Thinking
- Process Thinking
- Customer Centricity
- Metric Based
- Continuous Improvement
- Quality Orientation
What does KISS stand for?
Keep It Short and Simple.
What are included in the SIPOC diagram?
- Supplier
- Input
- Process
- Output
- Customer
What is a system?
A system is an organized collection of subsystems that are highly integrated to accomplish an overall goal.
What is an organization?
An organization is a deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish some specific purpose.
What are the 7 Dimensions of Organizational Culture?
- Team Orientation (Team vs. Individual)
- Aggressiveness (Competition vs. Cooperation)
- Stability (Status Quo vs. Growth)
- Innovation and Risk-taking (High Risk High Return vs. Low Risk Low Return)
- Attention to Detail (Attention to Detail vs. General Content)
- Outcome Orientation (Outcome vs. Means)
- People Orientation (People-Oriented vs. Task-Oriented)
What are the core function of an organization?
- Operations
- Marketing
- Finance
What is management?
Management ensured that the distinct purpose of the organization is achieved by the people through the deliberate structure.
What are the difference of vision and mission?
Vision is where you want to be. It details the values, philosophies, and beliefs of the organization and has a vague suggestion of action. It’s emotional and inspiring.
Mission is how will the organization get to where they want to be. It states the purpose and objective to customers. It’s objective and tangible.
What are parts of a problem statement?
- Deviation from ideal to real
- “Something that makes you cry”
- Metric-based symptoms
What are examples of problem-solving tools?
- Brainstorming
- Why-Why Analysis
- Ishikawa/Fish Diagram
- Check Sheet
- Pareto Chart
What are the six categories in an Ishikawa Diagram?
- Environment
- Material
- Machine
- Management
- Methods
- Man
What is productivity?
Productivity is the measure of efficiency and effectiveness.
What is the difference of efficiency and effectiveness?
Efficiency is doing things right while effectiveness is doing the right thing.
How to improve productivity?
Since productivity is a measure of output over input, we can either increase the output produced or decrease the input required.
What is methods engineering?
Methods engineering is the systematic examination of methods to improve effective use of resources and set up standards of performance.
What is methods study?
Methods study is the principal technique of reducing the work involved by eliminating unnecessary movements and substituting good methods for poor ones.
What does the acronym DOWNTIME stands for?
- Defective
- Overproduction
- Waiting
- Not Utilizing Talent
- Transportation
- Inventory
- Motion
- Excess Processing
What is value stream mapping?
Value stream mapping is a process documentation tool used to break down a process into the simplest subprocesses while identifying the non-value adding activities.
What are the three types of activities?
- Value Adding
- Non-Value Adding
- Business Non-Value Adding
What is the bottleneck process?
The bottleneck process is the longest process in an assembly line.