JIT manufacturing forces the firm to work with a lower water level despite safety hazards. Is it true or not?
An MRP system can allow for product rejects by building a larger batch than is demanded but at JIT system cannot tolerate poor quality. Is it true or not?
An MRP system can allow for product rejects by building a larger batch than is demanded but at JIT system cannot tolerate poor quality. Is it true or not?
Rather than try to adjust the master production schedule to change resource loads, it is more practical to control the flow at each bottleneck or CCR to bring the capacities in line. Is it true or not?
Lean production requires a “push and pull” system of inventory replenishment. Is it true or not?
Departments within the firm often are at odds with each other because reward systems are often not synchronized with the basic goal of the firm: To make money. Is it true or not?
Which of the following is not listed in the textbook as a component of a lean supply chain
A synchronous manufacturing system does not have excess capacity throughout the system, except for the bottleneck
Which of the following is one of Dr. Eli Goldratt’s rules of production scheduling for optimized production technology
Kaizen burst is symbol on a value stream map. Is it true or not?
In a process sequence where a product flows from process a to process B, process A is called the mother process. Is it true or not?
An activity where the parts that go into each unit of the product are periodically removed from inventory and accounted for based on the number of units produced is called which of the following?
JIT production means that we produce the product before it is required so the customer does not wait for the product. Is it true or not?
Consider the relationship between optimal lot size and set-up cost. Other things remaing the same, as the ser-up cost decreases
In the textbook, Toyota’s Fujio Cho identified which of the following types of waste to be eliminated.
Buffer inventory in front of a bottleneck is called a time buffer. Is it true or not?
One way to find a bottleneck is to run a capacity resource profile. Is it true or not?
One of the many lean techniques that have been successfully applied in the service firms is leveling facility load. Is it true or not?
Applying lean concepts to logistics is difficult unless either the manufacturer or the customer owns the logistics activities. Is it true or not?
The term “freeze window” refers tot the practice of building quality into the process and not identifying quality by inspection. Is it true or not?
One of the many lean techniques that have been successfully applied in service firms is the upgrading of housekeeping. Is it true or not?
Which of the following is not an important concept of TOC?
According to the theory of constraints, which of the following is a financial measurement that can be used to measure the firms’ ability to make money?
The first step int the Theory of Constrants is to?
The output of the factory can be no higher that the output of the slowest machine, the constraint of the system. Is it true or not?
What term refers to the optimization of Value-adding activities and elimination of the non-value adding activities that are part of a value stream?
The text list seven prominent types of waste that should be eliminated form the supply chain. Which of the following is not one of them?
What classic operational measurement does Goldratt redefine as “ all the action that bring a company closer to its goals”?
What is the term which refers to the entire production process working in harmony to achieve the profit goals of the firm?
To develop a lean manufacturing system a firm might do which of the following?
Group technology (GT) is credited with which of the following benefits?
Which of the following is a lean production technique that has been successfully applied in service firms?
Which of the following is a “focusing step” of Dr Eli Goldratt’s theory of constraints?
A useful measure of inventory performance is called “dollar days” in which the following areas are dollar days measurement not useful?
Which of the following is a negative aspect of JIT compared with synchronous manufacturing?
The first step in the theory of ——–
The output of a factory can be no higher that the output of the slowest machine, the constraint of the system. Is it true or not?
What term refers to the optimization of value-ending activities and elimination of non-value added activities that are part of the value stream?
The text list seven prominent types of waste that should be eliminated from the supply chain, which of the following is not one of them?
What classic operational measurements does goldartt redefine as “all the actions that bring a company closer to its goals”?
What is the term which refers to the entire production proecess working in harmony to achieve the profit goals fo the firm?
To develop a lean manufacturing system a firm might do which of the following?
Group technology (GT) is credited with which of the following benefits?
Which of the following is a lean production technique that has been successfully applied in service firms
Which of the following is a “focusing step” for Dr Eli Goldratt’s theory of constraints?
A useful measure of inventory performance is called “dollar days” in which of the following areas are dollar days measurements not useful
Which of the following is a negative aspect of JIT compared to Synchronous manufacturing.
What classic operational measurement does Goldratt redefine as “all the actions that bring a company closer to its goals”?
In a lean production system, we expect to see which of the following?
In setting up a Kanban control system you need to determine the number of kanban card sets needed. If assume the expected demand during lead time is 50 per hour, the safety stock is 20 percent of the demand during lead time, the container size is 4, and the lead time to replenish an order is 8 hours, what number of Kanban card sets is needed?
Which of the following is a lean production technique that has been successfully applied in service firms?
What term refers to the optimization of value-adding activities and elimination of non-value adding activities that are part of a value stream?
What phrase refers to the idea that all steps in supply chain processes that deliver goods and services to the customer should create value?
What is the term which refers to the entire production process working in harmony to achieve the profit goals of the firm?
According to the theory of constraints, which of the following is an operational measurement that can be used to measure the firm’s ability to make money?
According to the theory of constraints, which of the following is a kind of time that makes up the cycle time in production?
Which of the following is a negative aspect of JIT compared to synchronous manufacturing?
Group technology includes the set of psychological tests and training exercises given to group workers to ensure a high level of teamwork.
Group technology is a philosophy wherein similar parts are grouped together and the processes required to make the parts are arranged as a work cell.
Which of the following is a lean production technique that has been successfully applied in service firms?
What lean concept relates to eliminating non-value-added steps and waste in product storage process?
The text lists seven prominent types of waste that should be eliminated from the supply chain. which of the following is not one of them?
what is the name of the software goldratt developed to implement his idea of TOC?
What classic operational measurment does goldratt redefine as”all the actions that bring a company closer to its goals”?
In a lean production system, we expect to see which of the following?
You have been called in as a consultant to set up kanban control system. The first thing to do is to determine the number of Kanban card sets needed. Your research shows that the expected demand during lead time for a particular component 150 per hour. You estimate the safety stock should be set at 25 percent of the demand during lead time. The tote trays used as containers can hold 8 units of stock, and the lead time it takes to replenish an order is 2 hours. Which of the following is the number of Kantan card sets necessary to support this situation?
Which of the following is a lean production technique that has been successfully applied in service firms?
Which of the following is a ‘focusing step’ of Dr. Eh Goldratt’s theory of constraints?
A useful measure of invontoryperfomanace is called “dollar days”. In which of the following areas are dollar days measurments n ot useful?
Which of the following is a negative aspect of JIT compared to synchronous manufacturing?
