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Question 71

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ASRS stands for

A) automated storage and retrieval system
B) automated storage and recovery system
C) automated scan and recognize system
D) automated scan and retail system
E) none of the above

F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

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A(n) __________ is a special product-oriented arrangement of machines and personnel in what is ordinarily a process-oriented facility.

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The major problem addressed by the warehouse layout strategy is

What are the advantages and disadvantages of product layouts?

The most common tactic followed in process-layout planning is to arrange departments or work centers so they

Job lots are groups or batches of parts processed together.

Which of the following is true regarding fabrication lines?

What are the two basic types of product layouts? Explain how they are alike, and how they are different.

A production line is to be designed for a job with four tasks. The task times are 2.4 minutes, 1.4 minutes, 0.9 minutes, and 1.7 minutes. After line balancing, the largest possible assigned cycle time is ________ and the smallest possible assigned cycle time is ________ minutes.

An assembly line consists of 158 tasks grouped into 32 workstations. The sum of all task times is 105 minutes. The largest assigned cycle time is 4 minutes. The efficiency of this line is approximately

What is cross-docking? Why is it appropriate for some forms of warehouse layout?

A company is designing a product layout for a new product. It plans to use this production line eight hours a day in order to meet a schedule of 400 units per day. The tasks necessary to produce this product are detailed in the table below. $\begin{array}{|c|c|c|}\hline\text { Task } & \text { Predecessor } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Time } \\\text { (seconds) }\end{array} \\\hline \mathrm{A} & - & 50 \\\hline \mathrm{B} & \mathrm{A} & 36 \\\hline \mathrm{C} & - & 26 \\\hline \mathrm{D} & - & 22 \\\hline \mathrm{E} & \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{D} & 70 \\\hline \mathrm{F} & \mathrm{C}, \mathrm{E} & 30 \\\hline\end{array}$ a. Draw the network described in the table. b. Without regard to a production schedule, what is the minimum possible cycle time (in seconds) for this situation; what is the maximum? c. What is the required cycle time (in seconds) in order to meet the schedule? d. What is the theoretical minimum number of workstations needed to meet the schedule? e. Balance this line using longest processing time. f. What is the efficiency of the balance obtained in part e?

Which of the following layouts generally has the best machine utilization?

Brandon's computer shop has hired a consultant to help apply operation management techniques to increase profits. Currently the shop sells most of its computers to a high-end customized online retailer and sales are steady at 250 per month. A single work cell produces the computers. To produce the computer three operations are required. First the parts must be assembled, next software must be installed, and finally the computer must be safely packed and labeled for shipping. These operations take 2 hours, 5 hours, and 1 hour respectively. If there are 6 available work hours each day and the shop operates 20 days per month find: A: The takt time B: The number of workers Brandon should hire

What is the primary reason why retailers tend to locate high-draw items around the periphery of the store?

Which of the following is not one of the factors complicating the techniques for addressing the fixed position layout?

The assumptions necessary for a successful product layout include all of the following except

Solving a load-distance problem for a process-oriented layout requires that

The work cell layout, a special arrangement of machinery and equipment to focus on the production of a single product or group of related products, is for manufacturing applications and has no relevance to services.

The main advantage of a product-oriented layout is typically