Pocket Prep Quiz Material Flashcards

1
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What is the purpose of functional specification?

A

Specify product or services form, fit, and function.

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2
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What is a bill-of-material?

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Used to specify the components needed to make the product.

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3
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What is the purpose of the routing file in production activity control (PAC)?

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Specifies the manufacturing operations required, sequencing of work centers and lead times.

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4
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What ensures all major customer requirements are identified and met through the product design process?

A

Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

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5
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What is the most common unit of capacity when product mix in a factory is high?

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Time

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6
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The rate at which the system generates product is known as what?

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Throughput

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7
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What term is used to evaluate how much warehouse space is being used in three dimensions?

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Cube utilization

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8
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What type of storage improves cube utilization?

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Random-location storage

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9
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By what two ways is equipment performance evaluated?

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Utilizations and downtime.

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10
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What is the amount of acceptable material available after the completion of a process called?

A

Yield.

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11
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What is the proven output capacity of a process called?

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Demonstrated capacity.

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12
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What is the purpose of a distribution warehouse?

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Receive goods in large-volume uniform lots, store briefly, and then break down into smaller orders required by the customer.

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13
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What production planning method is known to match production to the level of demand, foregoing the need for inventory?

A

Chase production method.

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14
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What is the cost of the chase production method?

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High production variability

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15
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Which production method is described as maintaining a stable production rate while varying inventory levels to meet demand?

A

Level production method

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16
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What is used to help meet demand with the level production method?

A

Level schedule

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17
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What is a level schedule?

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Tool used in the level production method that maps out the detailed tasks needed to coordinate day-to-day work.

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18
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What leveling strategy is known to set production at a minimum level of annual demand and then subcontract out all excess demand?

A

Subcontracting strategy

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19
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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?

A

Where-used list

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20
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What is known as the ability to identify the sources of an item’s gross requirements and allocations?

A

Pegging

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21
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How do you calculate the Available Time (AT)?

A

Equipment x Hours in Time Bucket

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22
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How do you calculate utilization?

A

Hours Actually Worked / Available Time

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23
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What does quick changeover mean?

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Machines are more productive and require less downtime for switching between products.

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24
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What does quick changeover mean?

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Machines are more productive and require less downtime for switching between products.

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25
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What is known as demand that is directly related to or derived from the bill-of-material structure for other items or end items?

A

Dependent demand

26
Q

What replenishment system is described when the demand on a work center is caused by the next work center and a product is not made unless signaled by the next work center?

A) ERP system
B) Push system
C) Flow Manufacturing
D) Pull system

A

D) Pull

27
Q

What form of scheduling is utilized when production is scheduled from the date the customer order is received?

A) Master scheduling
B) Forward scheduling
C) Detailed scheduling
D) Backward scheduling

A

B) Forward scheduling

28
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What type of scheduling beings with scheduling the last routing operation first and scheduling its completion on the due date?

A

Backward scheduling

29
Q

What type of scheduling is known as the link between the production plan and what the manufacturing department will actually need to build?

A

Master scheduling

30
Q

Production planning is generally a direct input into which of the following?

A) Material requirements planning
B) Master production scheduling
C) Rough cut capacity planning
D) Capacity Requirements planningProduction planning is generally a direct input into which of the following?

A

B) Master production scheduling

31
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What is known as agreed-upon management plans for manufacturing, shipping, and inventory/backlog?

A

Production plans

32
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What does a master scheduler need in order to develop a detailed master production schedule?

A

Production plans

33
Q

What supports the master production schedule by verifying the availability of resources?

A

Rough cut capacity planning

34
Q

What is used to plan the organization’s flow of material from the master production schedule?

A

Material requirements planning

35
Q

What supports the material requirements plan by ensuring the required labor and machine resources are available?

A

Capacity requirements planning

36
Q

What type of planning involves speculation related to an event that may or may not happen such as price increase, labor strike, etc.?

A

Hedge inventory planning?

37
Q

What manufacturing environment assembles multiple end items from standard components?

A) Engineer to order (ETO)
B) Assemble to order (ATO)
C) Make to order (MTO)
D) Make to stock (MTS)

A

B) Assemble to order (ATO)

38
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What is type of ‘to-order’ is known as creating many end items from components that can be manufactured and stocked in anticipation of customer orders?

A

Assemble-to-order (ATO)

39
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What type of ‘to-order’ is defined as making and selling products from a finished good inventory?

A

Make-to-stock (MTS)

40
Q

What type of ‘to-order’ is defined as making products based on customer’s specifications?

A

Engineer-to-Order (ETO)

41
Q

What type of ‘to-order’ is defined as waiting to make products until they are ordered?

A

Make-to-Order (MTO)

42
Q

What is the ‘average inventory’ formula?

A

Annual cost of goods sold / Inventory turns

43
Q

What is known as the time it usually takes to produce an item?

A

Manufacturing lead time

44
Q

What five types of time does manufacturing lead time include?

A

Queue time
Setup time
Run time
Wait Time
Move Time

45
Q

What is known as a by-product of a process that cannot be reworked or reused?

A

Scrap

46
Q

How is the seasonal index calculated?

A

Period average demand / Average demand for all periods

47
Q

What is concerned with very detailed scheduling for individual orders at each work center in order to calculate work center loads?

A

Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP)

48
Q

What is known as freezing a planned order against changes in quantity and time?

A

Firm Planned Order

49
Q

When would you use a firm planned order?

A

When material shortages or capacity problems arise.

50
Q

What contains the long-term debt, net cash available, and inventory on hand?

A

Balance sheet

51
Q

This is found on an income statement and is subtracted form the revenue to obtain a gross profit.

A

Cost of goods sold

52
Q

Releasing orders to the shop floor in priority sequence is best known as:

A) Sequencing
B) Operating
C) Controlling
D) Dispatching

A

D) Dispatching

53
Q

What is known as a list of financial and operational measurements used to evaluate organizational or supply chain performance?

A

Balanced Scorecard

54
Q

On the balanced scorecard, which perspective shows how the firm looks to shareholders?

A

Financial

55
Q

On the balanced scorecard, which perspective shows how the customer sees the firm?

A

Customer

56
Q

On the balanced scorecard, which perspective shows how well the operational processes are managed?

A

Business

57
Q

On the balanced scorecard, which perspective shows how the firm learns and grows through improvement and value creation?

A

Innovation and learning

58
Q

The type of demand that occurs when companies forecast end items and service parts. This demand is also unrelated to the demand for other items.

A

Independent

59
Q

This type of demand is related to the demand of a product.

A

Dependent

60
Q

How do you calculate the rated capacity?

A

Available hours * utilization rate * efficiency rating

61
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What is known as the parameters set by the customer to define if the product is in/out of customer tolerances?

A

Specification Limits