MGT 033 Ch 4

Question 1

A place, building, or equipment used for a particular purpose or activity

Answer 1

Facilities

Question 2

The siting of facilities which could be structures, men, material, machines in such a manner that yields an optimum benefit to the firm and its stakeholders

Answer 2

Facility Location

Question 3

This may be the most important factor in location decisions for labour-intensive firms in industries such as textiles furniture and consumer electronics

Answer 3

Favourable labour climate

(Labour climate includes wage rates, training requirements attitudes toward work, worker productivity and union strength)

Question 4

This refers to the physical arrangement of production facilities. It is the configuration of departments, work centres and equipment in the conversion process. It is a floor plan of the physical facilities, which are used in production.

Answer 4

PLANT LAYOUT

Question 5

(?)as a schedule set by a firm to help in ensuring the smooth flow of service, work, and information.

It provides the proper grouping of workers, and their necessary pieces of equipment are set, having considered their security.

Answer 5

SERVICE LAYOUT

Question 6

This is the dynamic parameter that complements the concept of air space. For a given number of workers, the smaller the work premises the more should be the ventilation.

Answer 6

Ventilation

Question 6

Industrial buildings may be grouped under two types?

Answer 6

1. Single-storey buildings,
2. Multi-storey buildings.

Question 7

This principle of plant layout is concerned with the minimum travel of man and materials.

Answer 7

Principle of Minimum Distance

Question 7

This principle of plant layout is one that integrates men, materials, machines, etc. in order to get the optimum utilization of resources and maximum effectiveness

Answer 7

Principle of Integration

Question 7

This principle of plant layout is one that utilizes horizontal and vertical space

Answer 7

Principle of Cubic Space Utilization

Question 8

This principle of plant layout is one that makes the materials to move in forward direction towards completion phase (No backtracking)

Answer 8

Principle of Flow

Question 9

This principle of plant layout is one that gives due consideration to worker safety and satisfaction and safeguards the plant against hazards.

Answer 9

Principle of safety, security, and satisfaction

Question 9

This principle of plant layout concerns that a good layout should be able to be altered without much cost and time

Answer 9

Principle of Maximum Flexibility

Question 9

This principle of plant layout is one that reduces material handling to the minimum

Answer 9

Principle of Minimum Handling