Pocket Prep Quiz Material Flashcards
What is the purpose of functional specification?
Specify product or services form, fit, and function.
What is a bill-of-material?
Used to specify the components needed to make the product.
What is the purpose of the routing file in production activity control (PAC)?
Specifies the manufacturing operations required, sequencing of work centers and lead times.
What ensures all major customer requirements are identified and met through the product design process?
Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
What is the most common unit of capacity when product mix in a factory is high?
Time
The rate at which the system generates product is known as what?
Throughput
What term is used to evaluate how much warehouse space is being used in three dimensions?
Cube utilization
What type of storage improves cube utilization?
Random-location storage
By what two ways is equipment performance evaluated?
Utilizations and downtime.
What is the amount of acceptable material available after the completion of a process called?
Yield.
What is the proven output capacity of a process called?
Demonstrated capacity.
What is the purpose of a distribution warehouse?
Receive goods in large-volume uniform lots, store briefly, and then break down into smaller orders required by the customer.
What production planning method is known to match production to the level of demand, foregoing the need for inventory?
Chase production method.
What is the cost of the chase production method?
High production variability
Which production method is described as maintaining a stable production rate while varying inventory levels to meet demand?
Level production method
What is used to help meet demand with the level production method?
Level schedule
What is a level schedule?
Tool used in the level production method that maps out the detailed tasks needed to coordinate day-to-day work.
What leveling strategy is known to set production at a minimum level of annual demand and then subcontract out all excess demand?
Subcontracting strategy
What is a listing of every parent item that calls for a given component, and the respective quantity required, from a bill of material file called?
Where-used list
What is known as the ability to identify the sources of an item’s gross requirements and allocations?
Pegging
How do you calculate the Available Time (AT)?
Equipment x Hours in Time Bucket
How do you calculate utilization?
Hours Actually Worked / Available Time
What does quick changeover mean?
Machines are more productive and require less downtime for switching between products.
What does quick changeover mean?
Machines are more productive and require less downtime for switching between products.