Intro to IE Recap

An English mathematician, philosopher, inventor, and mechanical engineer who described what is now known as the "Babbage Principle" which describes advantages of division of labour.

• John Babbage

• Fredrick Babbage

• Charles Babbage

• Henry Babbage

Who is the father of Scientific Management who sought to improve industrial efficiency

• Frederick W. Taylor

• Frank B. Gilbreth

• Henry L. Gantt

• Henry Ford

Which Diagram is a visual aid for scheduling tasks and displaying the flow of work.

• Pareto

• Gantt

• Fishbone

• Scatter

What is the management of that part of an organization that is responsible for producing goods and/or services.

• Project Management

• Supply Chain Management

• Labour Management

• Operations Management

What is calculated by dividing the outputs by the inputs?

• Lead Time

• Productivity

• Scrap Rate

• Production Costs

Which production system yields high variety and low volume of outputs?

• Job Shop

• Continuous Production

• Batch Production

• Repetitive Production

Layout in which the product or project remains stationary, and workers, materials, and equipment are moved as needed

• Cellular Layout

• Process Layout

• Product Layout

• Fixed Position Layout

A term applied to an organization that has created the processes, tools, and training to enable it to respond quickly to customer needs and market changes while still controlling costs and quality.

• Agile

• Lean

• Flexible

• Green

To calculate the Economic Order Quantity, which parameters must be known?

• Annual Demand

• Working days per year

• Ordering & holding costs

• Lead Time

In order to formulate a linear programming model, the following must be specified

• Objective Function

• Decision Variable

• Constraints

• Availability