prelims

Question 1

It determines how an activity’s tangible fixed assets best support achieving the activity’s objectives.

Answer 1

Facility Planning

Question 2

It is the placement of a facility with respect to customers, suppliers, and other facilities with which it interfaces.

Answer 2

Location

Question 3

It consists of the building and services (e.g., gas, water, power, heat, light, air, sewage).

Answer 3

Structure

Question 4

It consists of all equipment, machinery, and furnishings within the structure.

Answer 4

Layout

Question 5

consists of the mechanism by which all interactions required by the layout are satisfied (e.g., materials, personnel, information, and equipment handling systems).

Answer 5

Handling System

Question 6

It is estimated that what percent? of operating costs within manufacturing are attributed to material handling.

Answer 6

20 to 50%

Question 7

It is generally agreed that effective
facilities planning can reduce material handling costs by what percent?

Answer 7

10 to 30 %.

Question 8

True or False

Design problems do not have well-defined, unique, optimum solutions. We are interested in obtaining a satisfactory solution.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

General Procedure for Solving Engineering Design Problems

Answer 9

1. Formulate the problem.
2. Analyze the problem.
3. Search for alternative solutions.
4. Evaluate the design alternatives.
5. Select the preferred design.
6. Implement the design.

Question 10

Operations, equipment, personnel, and material flows are requirements for?

Answer 10

Primary activities

Question 11

These are determined considering the equipment, materials, and personnel
requirements. What is the requirement called?

Answer 11

Space requirements

Question 12

• total distance traveled
• manufacturing floor visibility
• overall aesthetics of the layout
• ease of adding future business

Answer 12

Layout characteristics

Question 13

• use for the current material handling equipment
• investment requirements on new equipment
• space and people requirements

Answer 13

Material handling requirements

Question 14

• impact on WIP levels
• space requirements
• impact on material handling equipment

Answer 14

Unit load implied

Question 15

• space and people requirements
• impact on material handling equipment
• human factors risks

Answer 15

Storage strategies

Question 16

• estimated cost of the alternatives
• opportunities for new business

Answer 16

Overall building impact

Question 17

What, How, When, Duration, Quantity,

Answer 17

product, process, schedule design

Question 18

Where

Answer 18

Facilities location problem

Question 19

An efficient production system

Answer 19

facility design

Question 20

Information about ___ is required.

Answer 20

product, process and schedule

Question 21

The major effect of ___ design decisions is felt by the process designer, i.e., the material used to make a part will influence processing decisions

Answer 21

product

Question 22

the cost of assembly is reduced if it occurs in a single dimension. The
complexity of programming a robot increases geometrically with the number of assembly dimensions.

Answer 22

dimensional reduction

Question 23

if more complex parts can be produced, the number of parts can be reduced.

Answer 23

parts elimination

Question 24

What is the third one of primary thrusts for design for automation programs

Answer 24

parts standardization

Question 25

This design decisions tell us how much to produce and when to produce.

Answer 25

Schedule design

Question 26

Which products are to be produced? decision are usually made by? and for the inputs?

Answer 26

Top management Inputs from: * marketing * manufacturing * finance

Question 27

Detailed design of individual products are influenced by?

Answer 27

* function * material * manufacturing considerations

Question 28

What are the 6 types of information of the product?

Answer 28

- Photographs about the product - “Exploded” drawings - Engineering drawings of individual parts - Parts list - Bill of materials (structure of product) - Assembly chart

Question 29

It provides a listing of the component parts of a product.

Answer 29

Parts list

Question 30

To make or buy decisions, a parts list includes what parts?

Answer 30

part number, part name, number of parts per product, and drawing references

Question 31

referred to as a structured parts list since it includes all of the information typically included in the parts list, as well as information concerning the structure of the product.

Answer 31

Bill of materials

Question 32

It is an analog model of the assembly process. Circles with a single link denote basic components, circles with several links denote assembly operations/ subassemblies, and squares represent inspection operations.

Answer 32

Assembly Chart I

Question 33

equipment and operation times

Answer 33

Route sheet

Question 34

prerequisite assembly steps before new assembly step

Answer 34

Precedence Diagram

Question 35

processing operations, assembly operations, and inspections

Answer 35

Operation process chart

Question 36

It summarizes whether a part will be purchased or produced, how the production of a part will be achieved, what equipment will be used, and how long it take to perform each operation.

Answer 36

Route sheet

Question 37

It establishes the prerequisite assembly steps that must be completed before performing a given assembly step.

Answer 37

Precedence diagram

Question 38

By superimposing the route sheets and the assembly chart, a chart results that gives an overview of the flow within the facility.

Answer 38

Operations Process Chart

Question 39

What design decisions tell us how much to produce and when to produce.

Answer 39

Schedule design

Question 40

True or False Production schedules can be given in Gantt charts.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

How much to produce?

Answer 41

Lot sizing

Question 42

When to produce?

Answer 42

Production scheduling

Question 43

How long production will continue?

Answer 43

Market forecasts

Question 44

quantity of equipment required for an operation

Answer 44

equipment fraction

Question 45

What are the five key factors in determining a good business location?

Answer 45

environmental business conditions, customer accessibility, site availability and costs, resource availability, entrepreneur's personal preference

Question 46

It is a good ranking procedure. All combinations of two candidate plans are ranked for each factor. It is a good procedure in testing for inconsistencies

Answer 46

Pair-wire Comparison Technique

Question 47

The facility plan scoring method is a very popular, subjective-decision making tool that is relatively easy to use.

Answer 47

Factor Analysis Technique

Question 48

This is a quantitative method for locating a facility at the center of movement in a geographic area based on weight & distance.

Answer 48

Center-of-Gravity Technique

Question 49

This method identifies a set of coordinates designating a central location on a map relative to all other locations.

Answer 49

Center-of-Gravity Technique

Question 50

is a grid map set up on a Cartesian plane.

Answer 50

Starting Point

Question 51

A variation of the center-of-gravity method for determining the coordinates of a facility location.

Answer 51

Load-Distance Technique

Question 52

This method evaluates different locations based on the load being transported and the distance. In this method, a single set of location coordinates is not identified. Instead, various locations are evaluated using a load-distance value that is a measure of weight and distance.

Answer 52

Load-Distance Technique

Question 53

the configuration of departments, work centers, and equipment, with particular emphasis on movement of work (customers or materials) through the system

Answer 53

Layout

Question 54

Layout that uses standardized processing operations to achieve smooth, rapid, high-volume flow

Answer 54

Product Layout

Question 55

Layout that can handle varied processing requirements

Answer 55

Process Layout

Question 56

Layout in which the product or project remains stationary, and workers, materials, and equipment are moved as needed

Answer 56

Fixed Position Layout

Question 57

Layout in which machines are grouped into a cell that can process items that have similar processing requirements

Answer 57

Cellular Manufacturing

Question 58

The grouping into part families of items with similar design or manufacturing characteristics

Answer 58

Group Technology

Question 59

Layout that uses standardized processing operations to achieve smooth, rapid, high-volume flow

Answer 59

Product Layout

Question 60

Layout that can handle varied processing requirements

Answer 60

Process Layout

Question 61

◦ May be assembly-line or ◦ Group Technology formats

Answer 61

Just-in-Time Layouts

Question 62

Used when the operations system must handle a narrow variety of products in relatively high volumes

Answer 62

Product Layout Assembly Line

Question 63

are dedicated to producing one or a small number of products

Answer 63

Operations and personnel

Question 64

 Production time for a unit is relatively short In-process inventory is relatively low Little direct supervision is required Operators need not be as skilled Primary focus is on the analysis of production lines

Answer 64

Product Layout

Question 65

The goal of the _____ analysis is to: * Determine how many workstations to have * Determine which tasks to assign to which workstation * Minimize the number of workers & machines used * Provide the required amount of capacity

Answer 65

production line

Question 66

is the process of assigning tasks to workstations in such a way that the workstations have approximately equal time requirements.

Answer 66

Line Balancing

Question 67

Tool used in line balancing to display elemental tasks and sequence requirements

Answer 67

Precedence diagram

Question 68

is the maximum time allowed at each workstation to complete its set of tasks on a unit.

Answer 68

Cycle Time

Question 69

based on simple rules, have been developed to provide good (not optimal) solutions to line balancing problems

Answer 69

Heuristic methods