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Topic 10

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25 questions
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What is a major disadvantage of just in time (JIT) production?
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What is a major focus of lean production?
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Which scale of production is consistent with computer-integrated manufacturing?
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When do quality assurance and quality control take place relative to product manufacture?


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Figure 13 shows a graph of costs/revenue against sales. The manufacturer has decided to set a break-even point at 400 units for a new product to be sold at a unit price of $400.


What would be the manufacturer’s profit when 1000 units are sold?
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What is a disadvantage of statistical process control over other methods of quality control, for example continuous monitoring?
I. Early detection of problems
II. Cost
III. Time

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Figure 5 below shows an example of computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM).


What is an advantage of CIM?
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A business manufactures lamps which has the following costs and revenues:
  • Fixed costs = €100,000
  • Sales price per item = €5
  • Variable costs per item = €3
What would be the number of lamps needed to be sold for the manufacturer to break even?
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Which quality management system regulates the quality of raw materials?
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Which of the following is a disadvantage of just in case (JIC) production?

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Which waste is reduced by moving from just in case (JIC) to just in time (JIT) production?
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Which of the following is an example of how design can be included in computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)?
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Figure 10 shows computer integrated manufacturing (CIM).



CIM is a system that uses computers to integrate production, business and manufacturing in order to create more efficient production lines.
Which of the following are elements of CIM?
  1. Extraction of raw materials
  2. Tracking of financial resources
  3. Manufacturing final product
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Which of the following terms best describes the most efficient way of designing and producing a product from the manufacturer’s point of view?
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Which principle of lean production considers sequence, tools and worker movement in manufacture?
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Figure 11 shows quality control taking place in a car production plant.


Which one of the seven wastes does quality control help reduce?
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Figure 9 shows a car production line.


The company does not allocate space to the storage of components or completed cars. This is an example of which production strategy?
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Which of the following would be included in a company's fixed costs?
I. Machinery
II. Rent
III. Materials used in production

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At the car manufacturing plant, teams work together to eliminate waste such as cutting time spent waiting for parts to arrive, reducing unnecessary movement in work cells, eliminating over-processing and over-production.
This strategy, where everyone works together to eliminate waste during manufacture, is a key principle of...
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The 5 S system was developed in Japan and is an important part of lean production.
Arranging the items on a production line so that they are easy to find, use, and put away, is an example of which of the 5 Ss?
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Statistical process control (SPC) is a quality control tool that uses statistical methods to ensure that a process operates at its optimum efficiency.
Which of the following are elements of statistical process control (SPC)?
  • I. Dramatically reducing variability and waste
  • II. Reducing costs
  • III. Predicting demand
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What is true of just-in-case (JIC) inventory management?
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Which of the following is a pricing strategy where a company will add a percentage to the total cost of a product?
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The regulation of the quality of raw materials, assemblies, products and components is referred to as...
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Which of the following is true of break-even?
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