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Dire situations call for smart solutions. In this case, a good diagnosis of the situation, identification of the right initiatives, meticuluous execution and ensuring sustenance delivered the results.
Good Workshops (formerly called JAD sessions) take time and effort to prepare. You need to pick solid Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to participate. But good SMEs don't suffer fools--they expect the Facilitator to do their homework to learn the business and the systems. Workshops are not about educating the Facilitator. Workshops are about guiding the SMEs to transform their knowledge into a well-conceived new solution.
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Chapter 6 terms
Assemble-to-order
A production environment where pre-assembled components, subassemblies, and modules are put together in response to a specific customer order.
Assembly line
A process structure designed to make discrete parts. Parts are moved through a set of specially designed workstations at a controlled rate.
Assembly-line balancing
The problem of assigning all the tasks to a series of workstations so that each workstation has no more than can be done in the workstation cycle time and so that idle time across all workstations is minimized.
Continuous process
An often automated process that converts raw materials into a finished product in one contiguous process.
Customer order decoupling point
The place where inventory is positioned to allow processes or entities in the supply chain to operate independently.
Days-of-supply
The number of days of inventory of an item. If an item were not replenished, this would be the numbers of days until the firm would run out of the item (on average). Also, the inverse of inventory turn expressed in days.
Engineer-to-order
Here the firm works with the customer to design the product, which is then made from purchased materials, parts, and components.
Flow time
The time it takes a unit to flow through a process from beginning to end.
Inventory turn
The cost of goods sold divided by the total average value of inventory.
Lead time
The time needed to respond to a customer order.
Lean manufacturing
The attempt to achieve high customer service with minimum levels of inventory investment.
Little’s law
A mathematical expression that relates inventory, throughput, and flow time.
Make-to-order
A production environment where the product is built directly from raw materials and components in response to a specific customer order.
Make-to-stock
A production environment where the customer is served “on-demand” from finished goods inventory.
Manufacturing cell
An area where simple items that are similar in processing requirements are produced.
Precedence relationship
The order in which tasks must be performed in the assembly process.
Product–process matrix
Shows the relationships between different production units and how they are used depending on product volume and the degree of product standardization.
Project layout
The product, because of its sheer bulk or weight, remains fixed in a location. Equipment is moved to the product rather than vice versa.
Throughput
The long-term average rate that items flow through a process.
Total average value of inventory
The total average investment in raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods inventory. This is valued at the cost to the firm.
Workcenter
Often referred to as a job shop, a process structure suited for low-volume production of a great variety of nonstandard products. Workcenters sometimes are referred to as departments and are focused on a particular type of operation.
Workstation ...
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1. Identify a disadvantage of implementing group technology in a
firm.
The number of employees required for a process increases
exponentially.
The workers must be flexible enough to run several machines and
processes.
It increases inventory.
The waiting time between operations is increased.
2. 2. A shopkeeper purchases raw materials to manufacture
souvenirs for a local event that happens once every five years. In
this case. identify the model that the shopkeeper is most likely to
use to maintain stock.
Lot sizing model
Fixed—time period model
Fixed—order quantity model p.
Single-period model
3 Define synchronous manufacturing as stated by Goldratt's
theory.
It is a production process organized to achieve the goals of the
firm.
It is an integrated set of activities designed to achieve high
quality and high levels of production with minimal inventories
of raw
materials.
It is a production process in which machines are the critical
resource used for scheduling.
It is the optimization of the rate at which cash is generated by
production through sales.
4. involves testing random samples of the end product from a
process to determine if the process is churning out items within
the predetermined range.
Organizational leaming
Statistical process control
Cyclical strategic scheduling
Event simulation
3. 5. Utilization is the ratio between the actual amount of time a
resource is activated for and the total amount of time the resource
is available for use.
Utilization
Lead time
Service rate
Pacing
6. The manager of a shop floor schedules production based on the
equipment that are used in the process as a key resource. In this
case. the manager is most likely using a
backward scheduling
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machine-limited process labor-limited process
7 Define lead time.
It is the time required to achieve high customer service with
minimum levels of inventory investment.
It is the time required to produce a variety of products typically at
lower volume levels.
It is the time required to attend to a customer order.
It is the time required to position inventory in the supply chain.
4. 8. refers to the integrated activities designed to achieve high
quality and high levels of production with minimal inventories of
raw materials and to eliminate wastes.
The Shingo system
Kanban system
Lean production
Process mapping
9. Define preventive maintenance.
It is the grouping of similar parts and processes into a specialized
workcell.
It is the improvement that stems from both a person's experience
and the changes in equipment. product design. and
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breakdowns.
It is the emphasis of getting a product or a process right the first
time.
10. shows the relationship between the total number of
units produced and the unit production tim
A Poisson distribution
A learning curve
Cycle time
Service rate
11 Identify a true statement about services.
5. A service is a tangible process.
A service is inherently heterogeneous A service has physical
dimensions.
A service has very limited or no customer interaction.
12. In a the product remains in a specific location and the
equipment labor and material required for the product are
gathered to the specific location
project layout
functional layout
manufacturing cell
workcenter
W’13. Rachel performs an analysis .n which she analyzes the
performance of the clients of her organization relative to the
expectations of the client's customers. In this scenario. Rachel is
most likely using a
Pareto analysis
gap analysis
Gantt chart
bar chart
14. is the design operation and improvement of the processes that
create and deliver a company's essential products and services.
Inventory control
Operations and supply chain management
6. Product routing
Aggregate sales and operations planning
15. determines the amount of inventory, which includes parts.
components. and materials. necessary to produce a product
Break-even analysis
Dynamic programming
Material requirements planning
GAP analysis
16. Define customer order decoupling point.
It involves the analysis of current business data to better solve
It is the positioning of inventory in a supply chain.
It illustrates the method by which a company's strategy is
delivered through a set of supporting activities.
17. Define waste reduction.
It is the process of combining the concept of
cross-docking and
consolidation.
It is the elimination of non—value-adding
activities and the optimization of value-
adding activities that are part of a process.
It is the optimization of the rate at which cash
is generated by
production through sales.
It is the integration of activities to increase
the customer value of
7. 18. Identify the true statements about the learning curve theory.
It assumes that the unit time for a task will decrease at a
decreasing rate.
A drawback of the learning curve theory is that the performance
can be measured only in terms of time per unit.
In a learning curve. the time for task completion will increase
each time the task is undertaken.
In a learning curve the reduction in time will be unpredictable.
19. is the characteristics of a product in terms of quality that are
sorted as either conforming or nonconforming to specification.
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A learning curve An attribute
20. Identify a true statement about an operations consulting
process.
Its results are immediately measurable.
It leads to changes in attitudes and culture of an
organization.
Unlike general management consulting. operations
consulting does not require extensive interviewing of
employees.
It takes a longer time than general management consulting
to yield results that can be measured.
21. Identify a true statement about water transportation mode.
8. It is a highly specialized mode of transport limited to the delivery
of gases-
Moving high volumes of products is costly.
It can handle a high capacity of materials.
Fast transit times can be achieved in this mode of transportation.
22. A pharmaceutical company keeps detailed documentation of
its inventory. The company replenishes its inventory whenever
the inventory level falls below a certain limit and there is a threat
of a stockout. This company is most likely using a model.
fixed-order quantity
fixed-time period
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23. According to Goldratt's definition, is the rate at which cash is
generated by production through sales.
expediting
throughput
productivity
cash flow
24. Identify an advantage of pure projects.
Team pride, motivation, and commitment are high.
Team members have authority over the project.
Organizational goals and policies are upheld.
9. Duplication of resources is eliminated
25. are used for decisions that are related to aggregate and
strategy demand-
Process assessments
P-models
Periodic review systems Strategic forecasts
26. Identify a disadvantage of pure projects.
Equipment and people are not shared across projects. A lot of time
is consumed while making decisions. WWW Lines of
communication are lengthened.
The project manager has no authority over the project.
27. is responsible for scheduling, dispatching, monitoring, and
regulating production on the shop floor.
Manufacturing execution system
P-model
ABC classification Enterprise resource planning
28. is the average time required to finish a cycle of an operation.
Cycle time Lead time
10. Queue time
Changeover time
29. A manufacturing firm efficiently assembles an airplane by
bringing all the necessary raw materials, parts, and equipment to
a central location. This scenario illustrates a
functional layout
workcenter
manufacturing cell
project layout
30. The main objective of the aggregate operations plan is to:
achieve better integration between suppliers and manufa
minimize the cost of resources necessary to me
determine future demand with the help of past
data. keep demand and supply in balance.