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WorksheetsChapter 3: Manufacturing models and metrics
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the cycle time in a manufacturing operation?
The number of work units completed per hour
The total time from when the operation begins to the point-of-time at which the operation ends
The time interval between the instant of the occurrence of a specified input condition to a system and the instant of completion of a specified operation
The number of business days between receiving an order for a product and shipping the product
The bottleneck station is the (a) workstation in a production line, and therefore it limits the pace of the entire line.
What is production capacity?
The ability of time to transfer work units between each cycle
The maximum rate of output that a production facility is able to produce under a given set of assumed operating conditions
The ability of someone or something to hold something
The maximum output that a business can produce in a given period with the available resources
How can plant capacity be increased or decreased in the short term?
To reduce number of shift per week
To change the number of work shifts per week
To reduce the production rate
To change the number of hours worked per shift
What is utilization in a manufacturing plant?
Utilization is the actual quantity produced by the facility relative to its capacity
Utilization is the amount of output of a production facility relative to its capacity
Utilization is the proportion of time that a piece of equipment is up and working properly
Choose the example of typical factory overhead expenses?
Plant supervision
Security personnel
Power for machinery
Clerical support
What is availability?
Availability is the amount of output of a production facility relative to its capacity.
Availability is a reliability metric that indicates the proportion of time that a piece of equipment is up and working properly
Availability is the quantity of parts or products currently located in the factory that are either being processed or are between processing operations
What is manufacturing lead time?
Manufacturing lead time is the total time required to process a given part or product through the plant, including any lost time due to delays, time spent in storage, reliability problems, and so on.
Manufacturing lead time is the operation time at the bottleneck station
Manufacturing lead time is the cycle of time of the production line
