CYCLE TIME, LEAD TIME & MANAGING THE QUALITY

All answers represent the Cycle Time except:

• total time for a unit to go from raw material to finish good

• An external metric & it visible to customer

• Key performance measure in industry with short product lives

• Time taken from the start of production until the completion

All answers represent the Lead Time except

• time taken from the request for order till delivery of order

• It signifies the speed of delivery to customer

• External metric & it is visible to customers

• total time for a unit to go from raw material to finish good

What is the significance of the Cycle Time (CT) in manufacturing?

• Lesser cycle time lead higher efficiency, low cost & less time spent

• Customer satisfaction will be decrease due to late delivery time

• Productivity decreases as the CT decreases

• Lesser the CT, higher the lead time to market

All the answers are correct on how to reduce the Cycle Time, except

• Process Re-engineering

• Increase waiting time

• Perform tasks in parallel (multitasking)

• Time management & scheduling of task

What is the Quality Management main approaches?

• Quality control and Quality Standard

• Total Quality Management (TQM) & Quality Control

• Quality Control and Quality Assurance

• Total Quality Management (TQM) & Quality Assurance

All the characteristics on below answers are correct pertaining on Quality Control, except

• traditional way of managing the quality

• Concerned with checking & reviewing production

• Process of inspecting products to meet quality standards

• Quality Control can be very cheap process

Three main points in production when inspection is used in quality control, except

• When product are delivered to customers

• When products are finished

• When raw materials are received prior to entering production

• Whilst product are going through the production process

All the answers represent the problems with Quality Inspection, except

• Costly

• Consistent inspections

• Often at the end of the production process

• Often not compatible with modern production systems

What is a definition of Quality Assurance?

• The process ensure production meet requirements of customers

• Detecting defective output

• Concerned with controlling activities

• Process of inspection product to ensure meet quality standard

All answers are true for Quality Assurance characteristics, except

• Focus on processes

• Achieving by improving production process

• Targeted at production activities

• Emphasis the customers