Operations Management Ch 4, 6, & 8

Cellular layout is a term associated with:

A group of machines including supervisory computer control, automatic material handling, and possibly robots is called:

Layout planning is required because of:

Which of the following is not true about process layouts when they are compared to product layouts?

Product profiling links key product or service requirements to:

Layout design has many objectives, one of which is:

A service organization (for example, a hospital) is likely to use a(n) ________ layout because of variability in customer processing requirements.

A production line is to be designed for a job with three tasks. The task times are .4 minutes, 1.2 minutes, and .5 minutes. The maximum cycle time in minutes is:

A production line is to be designed for a job with three tasks. The task times are .3 minutes, 1.4 minutes, and .7 minutes. The minimum cycle time in minutes is:

Daily capacity of a product layout is determined by:

The maximum allowable cycle time is computed as:

Heuristic rules are used primarily in which of these types of layouts?

Which of these items would be most likely to be made with a fixed-position layout?

A product-focused, single-piece flow, pull production system would be called a:

Which one of these is a tool used to tell a machine the details of the operations to be performed?

The term "degrees of newness" is associated with: average age of employees.

The process of dismantling and inspecting a competitor's new or revised product for the purpose of gleaning design ideas is called:

Designing for recycling helps facilitate:

The assessment of the environmental impact of a product or service throughout its useful life is called:

Which of the following is not one of the phases of product design and development?

Products or services with a high degree of similarity of features and components are called:

One step that is not part of service blueprinting is:

Service design generally differs from product design in which of the following ways?

One of these is not a characteristic of a well-designed service system:

Which of the following circumstances would be least likely to lead to a need for a new location?

The fact that most types of firms are located in every section of the country suggests that in many cases, location decisions are not overly important; one location typically is as good as another.

A one-hour photo processing machine in a Walmart store is an example of a:

You cannot make a mistake by locating where labor costs are low.

Which statement best characterizes a typical search for location alternatives?

A manufacturing firm is considering two locations for a plant to produce a new product. The two locations have fixed and variable costs as follows: Atlanta: FC Annual $80,000, VC per unit $20 Phoenix: FC Annual $140,000, VC per unit $16 What would the total annual costs be for the Phoenix location with an annual output of 10,000 units?

The method for evaluating location alternatives that minimizes shipping costs between multiple sending and receiving locations is:

A location analysis has been narrowed down to two locations, Akron and Boston. The main factors in the decision will be the supply of raw materials, which has a weight of .50, transportation cost, which has a weight of .40, and labor cost, which has a weight of .10. The scores for raw materials, transportation, and labor are for Akron 60, 80, and 70, respectively; for Boston 70, 50, and 90, respectively. Given this information and a minimum acceptable composite score of 75, we can say that the manager should: