Exam 1 - Key Terms 5

Question 1

Leading indicator

Answer 1

A specific business activity index that indicates future trends. For example, housing stars is a leading indicator for the industry that supplies builders’ hardware.

Question 2

Lead-time offset

Answer 2

A technique used in MRP where a planned order receipt in one time period requires the release of that order in an earlier time period based on the lead time for the item. Syn: component lead-time offset, offsetting

Question 3

Lean production - summation

Answer 3

A philosophy of production that emphasizes the minimization of the amount of all the resources (including time) used in the various activities of the enterprise. Syn: lean, lean manufacturing

Question 4

Lean production - key aspects

Answer 4

Identifying and eliminating non-value-adding activities in design, production, and supply chain management, and dealing with customers. Key objective is to reduce cost through relentless removal of waste and process simplification

Question 5

Lean six sigma

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A methodology that combines the improvement concepts of lean and six sigma. It uses the seven wastes of lean and the DMAIC process from six sigma, and reward recognition of competence through judo-style belts

Question 6

Level of service

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A measure (usually percentage) of satisfying demand through inventory or by the current production schedule in time to satisfy customer requested delivery dates and quantities.

Question 7

Level of service: make-to-stock environment

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Sometimes calculated as the percentage of orders picked complete from stock upon receipt of the customer order, percentage of line items picked complete, or percentage of total dollar demand picked complete

Question 8

Level of service: make-to-order/design-to-order environments

Answer 8

Percentage of times the customer-requested or acknowledged date was met by shipping complete product quantities. See: cycle service level

Question 9

Cycle service level

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The probability of not having a stockout in any one ordering cycle, which beings at the time an order is placed and ends when the goods are placed in stock.

Question 10

Level production method

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A production planning method that maintains a stable production rate while varying inventory levels to meet demand. Syn: level strategy, production leveling. See: level schedule

Question 11

Level schedule - traditional management

Answer 11

Production schedule/master production schedule that generates material and labor requirements that are as evenly spread over time as possible. Finished goods inventories buffer the production system against seasonal demand. Is the output of the load-leveling process

Question 12

Level schedule - JIT

Answer 12

Usually constructed monthly; in which each day’s customer demand is scheduled to be built on the day it will be shipped. Is the output of the load-leveling process

Question 13

Liabilities

Answer 13

An accounting/financial term (balance sheet classification of accounts) representing debts or obligations owed by a company to creditors. Short-term horizon of accounts payable or long-term such as mortgage or bonds payable.

Question 14

Load

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The amount of planned work scheduled for and actual work released to a facility, work center, or operation for a specific span of time. Usually expressed in terms of standard hours of work or, when items consume similar resources at the same rate, units of production

Question 15

Load leveling

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Spreading orders out in time or rescheduling operations so that the amount of work to be done in sequential time periods tends to be distributed evenly and is achievable.

Question 16

Load leveling - material and labor

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Specific business, such as service industries, may load level to material or labor exclusively, although these are ideally level loaded

Question 17

Lot-for-lot (L4L)

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A lot-sizing technique that generates planned orders in quantities equal to the net requirements in each period.

Question 18

Lot-size inventory

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Inventory that results whenever quantity price discounts, shipping costs, setup costs, or similar considerations make it more economical to purchase or produce in larger lots than are needed for immediate purposes.

Question 19

Low-level code

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A number that identifies the lowest level in any bill of material at which a particular component appears. Net requirements for a given component are not calculated until all the gross requirements have been calculated down to that level. Normally calculated and maintained automatically by software.

Question 20

Make-or-buy decision

Answer 20

The act of deciding whether to produce an item internally or buy it from an outside supplier. Factors to consider: costs, capacity availability, proprietary and/or specialized knowledge, quality considerations, skill requirements, volume, and timing.

Question 21

Manufacturing calendar

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A calendar used in inventory and production planning functions that consecutively numbers only the working days so that the component and work order scheduling may be done based on the actual number of workdays available.

Question 22

Manufacturing lead time

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The total time required to manufacture an item, exclusive of lower-level purchasing lead time.

Question 23

Manufacturing lead time: make-to-order products

Answer 23

Length of time between the release of an order to the production process and shipment to the final customer

Question 24

Manufacturing lead time: make-to-stock products

Answer 24

Length of time between the release of an order to the production process and receipt into inventory.

Question 25

Manufacturing order

Answer 25

A document, group of documents, or schedule conveying authority for the manufacture of specified parts or products in specified quantities. Syn: job order, manufacturing authorization, production order, production release, run order, shop order, work order

Question 26

Manufacturing philosophy

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The set of guiding principles, driving forces, and ingrained attitudes that helps communicate goals, plans, and policies to all employees and that is reinforced through conscious and subconscious behavior within the manufacturing organization

Question 27

Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II)

Answer 27

A method for the effective planning of all resources of a manufacturing company. Ideally address operational planning in units, financial planning in dollars, and includes simulation capacity to answer what-ifs.

Question 28

Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) is made up of

Answer 28

Linked processes: business planning, production planning (S&OP), master production scheduling, material requirements planning, capacity requirements planning, and the execution support systems for capacity and material. Direct outgrowth/extension of closed-loop MRP.

Question 29

Mass customization

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The use of mass production techniques to create large volume of products in a wide variety keeping production costs low while enabling customized output primarily utilizing postponement or delayed differentiation.

Question 30

Master data

Answer 30

An enterprise’s essential core data consisting of basic information needed across the enterprise to conduct business. Describes the core entities of the enterprise including products, customers, suppliers, sites, and chart of accounts