GSCM206 Week 7 Quiz Latest 2019 January Question # 00598758 Subject: Education Due on: 03/02/2019 Posted On: 03/02/2019 01:51 PM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.6/5

GSCM206
Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain

Week 7 Quiz

Question 1

(TCO 3) Which one of the following is not a JIT quality
tactic?

Use of statistical
process control

Empowered employees

Fail safe methods

Provide immediate
feedback

Use large lot sizes

Question 2

(TCO 3) Manufacturing cycle time is best defined as the

time between the
arrival of raw materials and the shipping of finished products.

time it takes a unit
to move from one workstation to the next.

time between the
start of one unit and the start of the next unit.

time from raw
materials shipment to finished product exit.

Question 3

(TCO 3) Which of the following is a goal of JIT
partnerships?

Reduce inventory and
variability

Increase variability

Increase in-transit
inventory

Elimination of
engineering changes

Question 4

(TCO 3) Just-in-time systems make demands on layouts, except

distance reduction.

decreased
flexibility.

reduced space and
inventory.

All of the
above

Question 5

(TCO 3) Level schedules

require that
schedules be met with variation.

process many small batches
rather than one large one.

are known as kidney
bean scheduling.

All of the above

Question 6

(TCO 3) Which of the following is specifically characterized
by continuous and forced problem solving through a focus on throughput and
reduced inventory?

Just-in-time (JIT)

Toyota Production
System (TPS)

Lean operations

Material
requirements planning (MRP)

Kanban

Question 7

(TCO 3) What does TPS stand for?

Total production
streamlining

Toyota Production
System

Taguchi’s Production
Ss

Total process
simplification

None of the above

Question 8

(TCO 3) Manufacturing cycle time is best defined as the

length of the work
shift expressed in minutes per day.

time it takes a unit
to move from one workstation to the next.

time between the start
of one unit and the start of the next unit.

sum of all the task
times to make one unit of a product.

time from raw
materials receipt to finished product exit.

Question 9

(TCO 3) Throughput measures the time

that it takes to
process one unit at a station.

between the arrival
of raw materials and the shipping of finished products.

to produce one whole
product through an empty system (i.e., with no waiting).

required to move
orders through the production process, from receipt to delivery.

None of the above

Question 10

(TCO 3) The list of 5 Ss, although it looks like a
housekeeping directive, supports lean production by

identifying nonvalue
items and removing them in the sort/segregate item.

reducing inventory
in the standardize item.

increasing
variability through standardized procedures in the standardize item.

eliminating wasted
motion through ergonomic studies in the support item.

building good safety
practices in the shine/sweep item.