Chapter 16 Flashcards
(13 cards)
1
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- JIT can be used in:
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d. All of these settings are appropriate for JIT.
2
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- Which of the following is NOT an element of just-in-time manufacturing?
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b. to increase queue lengths
3
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- Inflexible or unreliable processes that cause organizations to produce goods before they are required are called:
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c. overproduction.
4
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- Scrap or rework are examples of the JIT waste recognized as:
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a. defects.
5
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- In the water and rocks analogy for JIT:
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b. water represents inventory.
6
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- A kanban can be:
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d. All of these can be kanbans.
7
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- In a two-card kanban system:
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c. a downstream station pulls finished material out of a production area.
8
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- In a single-card kanban system:
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a. the single card is the production card.
9
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- Liversuch Industries uses a kanban system to manage production of the J-15 sub-assembly. They have an hourly demand for 250 units and use containers that can hold 50 units each. It takes 90 minutes to fill and move a container of parts to the right place on the J-15 line that is currently rated at a 20% safety factor. How many production cards are needed?
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c. 9
10
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- Livermore Industries uses a kanban system to manage production of the KR-9 sub-assembly. In a ten hour day they use 1500 units and use containers that can hold 50 units each. It takes 45 minutes to fill and move a container of parts to the right place on the KR-9 line that is currently rated at a 15% safety factor. How many production cards are needed?
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a. 3
11
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- Livernonions Industries uses a kanban system to manage production of the BR-549 sub-assembly. In an eight hour day they use 900 units and use containers that can hold 30 units each. It takes 120 minutes to fill and move a container of parts to the right place on the BR-549 line that is currently rated at a 15% safety factor. How many production hours of inventory are needed?
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d. 2.4
12
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- Which of the following statements regarding supply chain synchronization using kanbans is best?
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b. For the system to work properly demand rates must be relatively stable and interruptions must be minimized
13
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- When using MRP and kanban together:
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d. the number of kanbans is recalculated from the MRP system’s order changes throughout the horizon.
