Efficiency

Which of these does NOT! form part of production scheduling?

• Allocation of personnel and the distribution of responsibilities and resources

• Identification of costs and when they occur

• Identification of equipment needs and availability of equipment

• Specifying the start duration and the end of the various activities.

In mass production, capital investment levels are typically

• Insignificant compared to production material and labour costs

• High with high volumes of product required to recover the initial cost

• Insignificant compared to overhead costs in administration and marketing

• Low with low volumes of product needed to recover the initial cost

One off production is especially suited to

• multi-part components

• Research and development

• Large size products

• Welding

Within a company striving for continuous improvement, employees need to be multi-skilled.

The main reason for using this approach is to enable?

• More complex products to be manufactured

• An employee to carry out quality checks as a part is made

• An employee to change the task if there are bored.

• The company to respond to customer demand more quickly.

The main role of a trade union is to?

• Unite companies who produce similar products

• Represent the interests of people in the workplace

• Ensure that health and safety is being observed in the workplace

• Represent a company when dealing with workforce problems

When developing a quality plan and setting the quality standards required of a process the main consideration is

• calibration of test equipment

• Economic use of materials

• Customer requirements

• staff availability

An organization can ensure the development and progression of its workforce by introducing

• An equal opportunity policy

• a staff handbook

• A company training plan

• A grievance procedure

One consideration to be taken into account when developing a quality plan is?

• Organizing production materials

• The monitoring of the flow of components

• Improving customer Relationships

• Set up systems to measure quality

Design control, control of Non conforming product and process control are three sub-systems of an

• ISO 9000 maintenance system

• ISO 14000 Production system

• ISO 14000 Environment System

• ISO 9000 Quality Assurance system

GDP is a way of defining the value of the overall output of goods and services of which of these?

• An employee

• A country

• A company

• An industry