FACILIT Quiz 1

Question 1

Broadly defined as buildings where people, material, and machines come together for a stated purpose, typically to make a tangible product or provide a service

Answer 1

Facilities

Question 2

Facilities fulfill the following objectives when producing a product or providing a service:

Answer 2

At a lower cost

At higher quality

Using the least amount of resources

Question 3

A complex and broad subject that cuts across several specialized disciplines

Answer 3

Facilities Planning

Question 4

Facilities planning determines how an entity’s ________________ supports its activities

Answer 4

Tangible Fixed Assets

Question 5

Placement of the facility with respect to customers, suppliers, and other interacting facilities. It also includes orientation on a specific plot of land.

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Facilities Location

Question 6

Consists of structured systems, atmospheric systems, enclosure systems, lighting / electrical / communication systems, life safety systems, sanitation systems

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Facility System

Question 7

Consists of all equipment, machinery, and furnishings within the building envelope, path each component part of a product is to follow through the plant.

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Layout

Question 8

Consists of the mechanisms needed to satisfy the required facility interactions

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Handling System

Question 9

Significance of Effective Facilities Planning

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Optimization of Space
Minimize Cost
Promote Safety and Health
Energy Conservation

Question 10

Objectives of Facility Planning

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Improve Customer Satisfaction

Increase return on assets (ROA)

Integrate the supply chain

Effective use of resources

Support organizations’ vision through improved material handling

Minimize Capital Investment / Maximize ROI

Provide for Employee Safety

Promote easy maintenance

Question 11

Define Muther’s Grid Components

Answer 11

A - Absolutely essential
E - Especially Necessary
I- Important
O - Ordinary
U - Unimportant
X - Not Desirable

Question 12

It considers flow, space, and activity relationships. It can be applied to production, support, administrative, and service areas. It may be determined by combining workstations that perform similar functions

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Departmental Planning

Question 13

________________________ are collections of workstations to be grouped together during the facilities layout process

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Production Planning Departments

Question 14

If the product is standardized and has a large demand, then use the following type of planning department and method:

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Product Planning Department - Production Line Department

Combine all workstations required to produce the product.

Question 15

If the product is physically large and awkward to move, then use the following type of planning department and method:

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Product Planning Department - Fixed Material Location Department

Combine all workstations required to produce the product with the area requirement for staging the product

Question 16

If the product is capable of being grouped into families of similar parts that may be produced by a group of workstations, then use the following type of planning department and method:

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Product Planning Department - Product Family Department

Combine all workstations required to produce the family of products

Question 17

If the product has no specific constraint, then use the following type of planning department and method:

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Process Department

Combine identical / similar workstations into planning departments without obscuring important interrelationships within departments

Question 18

Design places departments with large flows of material or people together. Department areas having similar processes located in close proximity.

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Process Oriented Layout

Question 19

It provides the basis for many decisions in the facilities planning process. Relationships can be expressed quantitaitvely or qualitatively

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Activity Relationships

Question 20

Quantitative Relationships may be expressed by measuring the ________

Answer 20

Flow

Question 21

Qualitative Relationships may be expressed by using ____________

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Subjective Assessment

Question 22

Types of Flow

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Discrete Flow (ex., movement of an individual)
Continuous Flow (ex., flow of electricity, flow of oil)

Question 23

Components of Flow

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Subject to be moved/processed (Subject flow)

Resources

Communications

Question 24

A component of flow wherein these refer to the processing and transporting facilities required to accomplish the flow

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Resources

Question 25

A component of flow wherein these would include the procedures that facilitate the management of the flow process for coordination purposes

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Communications

Question 26

The material management, material flow, and physical distribution system combined into one overall flow system is called as the ____________________.

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Logistics System

Question 27

If the flow process being considered is the flow of materials into a manufacturing facility, the flow process is typically referred to as a ___________________________.

Answer 27

Material Management System

Question 28

If the flow of materials, parts, and supplies within a manufacturing facility is to be the subject of the flow process, then the process is called the __________________.

Answer 28

Material Flow System

Question 29

If the flow of products from a manufacturing facility is to be the subject of the flow, the flow process is referred to as the ____________________.

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Physical Distribution System

Question 30

Signs of a Good General Flow Pattern include:

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A flow starts at receiving and terminates at shipping Straight and short lines of flow Minimum backtracking Material is moved directly to the point of use Minimum WIP The flow pattern is easily expandable

Question 31

Work Simplification to Material Flow

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1. Eliminate flow by planning the delivery of materials to the point of ultimate use 2. Minimize flow between two points by planning it to take place in a few movements 3. Combine flows and operations

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Principles of Effective Flow

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Minimize Flow Maximize the directed flow path Minimize the cost of the flow

Question 33

Quantitatively measures the flow of people between departments or activities

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Flow Analysis

Question 34

Focus on non-qualitative factors that influence the location of departments within a facility

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Activity Analysis

Question 35

General Rules of Thumb in Activity Relationship Analysis

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No more than 5% of the closeness ratings to be an A or X No more than 10% to be an E No more than 15% to be an I No more than 20% to be an O At least 50% to be U

Question 36

Systematic Procedure of Activity Analysis

Answer 36

Place departments among which there is "A" relationship Add the departments among which there is "E" relationship to the previously placed departments. Rearrange accordingly Add the departments among which there is "X" relationship to the previously placed departments Add the departments among which there is "I" relationships Add the departments among which there is "O" relationships Add the remaining departments Verify

Question 37

Define Parkinson's Law

Answer 37

The law states that: Things will expand to fill all available capacity sooner than you plan

Question 38

Define Material Handling

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The art and science of moving, storing, protecting, and controlling materials

Question 39

Material handling includes art because:

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It requires the knowledge and appreciation of what is "right" and "wrong" which is based on significant practical experience.

Question 40

Material handling includes science because:

Answer 40

It involves engineering design methods

Question 41

Material Handling means providing the right _______ of the right_________, in the right _________, at the right _________, in the right ________, in the right _________ and right for the ________, by the right __________.

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Amount, material, condition, place, time, position, sequence, cost, methods

Question 42

Included in the scope of material handling wherein the focus is on the movement of material from one location to another within a manufacturing and distribution facility

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Conventional View

Question 43

Included in the scope of material handling wherein it expands focus to the overall movement of materials in a factoryy or warehouse and an effort is made to develop an integrated material handling plan.

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Contemporary View

Question 44

Included in the scope of material handling wherein it is deemed the total system view. Involves all activities in moving the materials along the supply chain

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Progressive View

Question 45

Principles of Material Handling: It defines the material (what) and the moves (when and where), together defining the method (how and who)

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Planning Principle

Question 46

Principles of Material Handling: It implies less variety and customization in the methods and equipment employed

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Standardization Principle

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Principles of Material Handling: The measure of work is material flow multiplied by distance moved

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Work Principle

Question 48

Principles of Material Handling: Seeks to adopt work or working conditions to suit the abilities of the worker

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Ergonomic Principle

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Principles of Material Handling: Being able to store or move a single entity (load) at one time regardless of the number of individual items that make up the load.

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Unit Load Principle

Question 50

Principles of Material Handling: Effective and efficient use must be made of all available spaces

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Space Utilization Principle

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Principles of Material Handling: Material movement and storage activities should be fully integrated to form a coordinated, operational system

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System Principle

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Principles of Material Handling: Suggests the linking of multiple mechanical operations to create a system that can be controlled by programmed instructions

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Automation Principle

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Principles of Material Handling: Desire not to waste natural resources and to predict and eliminate the possible negative effects of daily actions on the environment

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Environmental Principle

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Principles of Material Handling: Includes all cash flows that will occur from planning until replacement of the method and or equipment

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Life Cycle Cost Principle

Question 55

Enumerate Nadler's Ideal Systems Approach

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1. AIM Theoretical Ideal System 2. CONCEPTUALIZE Ultimate Ideal System 3. DESIGN Workable Ideal System 4. INSTALL Recommended System

Question 56

Nadler's Ideal Systems Approach: A perfect system having zero cost, perfect quality, no safety hazards, no wasted space, and no management inefficiencies

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Theoretical Ideal System

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Nadler's Ideal Systems Approach: A system that would be achievable in the future since the technology exists for its development but its application to a specific material handling application has not been accomplished

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Ultimate Ideal System

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Nadler's Ideal Systems Approach: A system for which the required technology is available. However, very high costs or other conditions may prevent some components from being installed.

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Technologically Workable Ideal System

Question 59

Nadler's Ideal Systems Approach: A cost-saving system that will work now without obstacles to its successful implementation

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Recommended System

Question 60

It is a single item, number of items, or bulk material arranged or restrained so that it can be stored, picked up and moved between locations as a single unit

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Unit Load

Question 61

_______ of a unit load (number of items in bundle/mass) may vary but a unit load is defined by ___________.

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Size; Movement

Question 62

Returnable Containers: A full container can be stacked on top of another full container in the same spatial orientation

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Stackability

Question 63

Returnable Containers: The shape of the containers permits an empty container to be inserted into another empty container

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Nestability

Question 64

Formula for Container Space Utilization

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Inner Volume / Outer Volume

Question 65

Efficiency of Returnable Containers: It is the amount of space taken up by goods in a single container

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Container Space Utilization

Question 66

Efficiency of Returnable Containers: It is the amount of space taken up by goods in a single storage opening

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Storage Space Efficiency

Question 67

Efficiency of Returnable Containers: It is the number of empty containers (stacked on a base container) equivalent to the height of a single full container

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Container Nesting Ratio

Question 68

Formula for Storage Space Efficiency

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Usable Storage Volume / Storage Opening

Question 69

Formula for Container Nesting Ratio

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Container Height / Nesting Height

Question 70

Formula for Trailer Space Utilization

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Total Internal Volume/ Trailer Volume

Question 71

Formula for Trailer Return Ratio

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Total Number of Empty Container / Total Number of Filled Container

Question 72

Layout Decisions: Factors to Consider

Answer 72

1. Centralized vs Decentralized Storage for WIP, tooling and supplies 2. Fixed Path vs Variable Parth Handling 3. Handling unit (unit load) planned for the system 4. Degree of Automation 5. Type of Inventory control, physical control, and computer control of materials

Question 73

Immer's Basic Step

Answer 73

1. Put the problem on paper 2. Show flow of lines 3. Convert flow lines to machine lines

Question 74

It uses the activity relationship chart as its foundation. It consists of three stages: Analysis, Search, and Selection

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Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) Procuedure

Question 75

The Systematic Layout Planning (SLP) Proceudre was developed by ______________

Answer 75

Richard Muther

Question 76

Types of Models Used for Evaluation of Layouts

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Adjacency-Based Scoring Distance-based Scoring Distance-weighted adjacency-based Scoring

Question 77

It depends on production and transfer lot sizes, unit load sizes, material handling systems, layout arrangement, and building configuration. Measuring flow involves the calculation of activity relationships between machines and departments.

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Flow

Question 78

It is a function of lot sizes, storage systems, production equipment type and size, layout arrangement, building configuration, housekeeping and organization policies, material handling equipment, office design, cafeteria design, and restroom design

Answer 78

Space

Question 79

_________________ are very important to the facilities planner, who views flow as the movement of goods, materials, energy, information, and/or people.

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Flow Systems

Question 80

The flow within ______________ should be simultaneous, symmetrical, natural, rhythmical, and habitual

Answer 80

Workstations

Question 81

The flow ____________________ is dependent on the type of department

Answer 81

Within Departments

Question 82

The flow _____________________ is a criterion often used to evaluate overall flow within a facility. An important consideration is the location of the pickup and delivery stations for each department.

Answer 82

Between Departments