Production and Operations Management II Quiz

In Johnson's rule gives the sequence of jobs with the optimal makespan for flow shop scheduling problem with ________ machines and _________ jobs.

• 1, n

• 2, n

• 4, n

• None of the above

________ is concerned with the time required to perform each activity under the Production Planning and Control process.

• Loading

• Sequencing

• Routing

• Scheduling

In P system of inventory, order is placed once in _____.

• Varying period

• Fixed period

• Both (a) and (b)

• None of the above

The __________ method also follows the same basic idea as the 'Travel Chart Technique', but with some operational differences.

• CORELAP

• EOQ

• ALDEP

• CRAFT

Material Requirement Planning (MRP) is a computerised system to plan the requirements for _________.

• Finished goods

• Raw materials

• Work in progress

• All of the above

Six Sigma refers to a disciplined, ______ approach and methodology for eliminating defects in any process.

• Data-driven

• Process output

• Plant design

• None of the above

VED analysis of inventory management stands for_ _

• Vital-Essential-Desirable

• Valuable-Easy-Difficult

• Very-Essentially-Desired

• Valuable-Effective-Difficult to obtain

_______ is not a set of priority dispatching rule.

• MWKR

• TQM

• MOPNR

• LWKR

The assembly line concept is applicable on products that can be produced with (a)   parts.

The objective of location strategy is to (a)   the benefit of location to the firm.