OPS 574 Wk 2 - Practice: Formative Assessment

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OPS 574 Wk 2 - Practice: Formative Assessment
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OPS 574 Wk 2 - Practice: Formative Assessment

In a service operation, we can compute the value-added time by simply looking at the labor content.

 

 

Conceptual Question 8-6 Which of the following…

Which of the following does not belong to the seven sources of waste?

 

multiple choice

  • Rework
  • Overtime
  • Transportation
  • Inventory

 

 

Conceptual Question 8-4 Students have to change…

Students have to change buildings between classes, which often involves walks of 5 minutes or more. Walking from one building to another is

 

multiple choice

  • waste.
  • non-value-added time.
  • value-added time.
  • Cannot determine from the given infomation

 

 

Conceptual Question 8-2 Which car company…

Which car company is most often associated with the term lean operations?

 

multiple choice

  • General Motors
  • Ford
  • Toyota
  • Honda

 

 

Conceptual Question 8-19 Because of long setup…

Because of long setup times, a company chooses to run big production batches. Which of the following actions will level the production schedule?

 

multiple choice

  • Using overtime
  • Mixing the models on the final line
  • Making sure that rework is kept low

Reducing the waste of the process

 

 

Conceptual Question 8-17 Which of the following…

Which of the following statements about kanban are accurate?

 

multiple choice

  • I. Deploying the kanban system leads to pulling work through the system instead of pushing work.
  • II. Deploying the kanban system leads to pushing work through the system instead of pulling work.
  • III. The kanban system controls the work-in-process inventory.
  • IV. Kanban will always reduce the amount of inventory in the process.
  • V. Kanban requires cross-training all workers.
  • I and II
  • I and III

I and IV

 

 

Conceptual Question 8-14 If the takt time…

If the takt time increases, the operation requires

 

multiple choice

  • more workers.
  • fewer workers.

 

 

Conceptual Question 8-23 A single inspection…

A single inspection system with experts testing the output of the process will help reduce the information turnaround time.

Group startsTrue or False

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Falseselected button,unavailable

Group ends

 

 

Kaizen favors automation and investment in technology.

Group startsTrue or False

True, unselectedbutton,In unavailable

Falseselected button,unavailable

Group ends

 

 

Conceptual Question 8-3 A worker in charge…

A worker in charge of assembling a bicycle finds a faster way to mount the pedals. He turns to his supervisor. The supervisor explains that the process had been optimized by the engineering department and so the worker should make sure to stick with the existing procedures. Which management scholar’s work does this fit best?

 

multiple choice

  • Taylor
  • Ohno
  • Womack
  • Fujimoto