Operations management final exam

Question 1

A type of scheduling where capacity is not considered. Example: professors don’t take into consideration how much work students have to do for other classes so they assign a lot of assignments

Answer 1

Infinite loading

Question 2

A type of scheduling that takes order into consideration. Example: first come first serve

Answer 2

Forward to scheduling

Question 3

Hey type of scheduling Capacity is considered example: this is too much

Answer 3

Finite loading

Question 4

Looks at the order and it goes backwards.

Answer 4

Backwards scheduling

Question 5

How long you were in the system

Answer 5

Flow time

Question 6

Hey time phase plan specifying how many and where and when the firm plans to build each and model

Answer 6

Master production scheduling (msp)

Question 7

Three things needed for material requirements planning (MRP)

Answer 7

1. Bill of materials ( list of what you need to build the products)
2. Master production schedule (Someone has to order the parts)
3. Inventory record file

Question 8

Activities designed to achieve a high volume production using minimal inventories

Answer 8

Lean production

Question 9

Each step in the supply chain should create value

Answer 9

Value chain

Question 10

Freeing of employees from watching a machine over and over again to reduce boredom

Answer 10

Jidoka

Question 11

A production strategy where production matches the demand

Answer 11

Chase

Question 12

Production strategy where production is constant

Answer 12

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