Question 1

Which of the following is not generally found in JIT environments?

• Push systems

• Low amounts of waste in the form of time and production waste

• Very small amount of variability

• Low inventory stockpiles          

Question 2

In JIT partnerships, suppliers have several concerns. Which of the following are concerns?

• Diversification

• Poor customer scheduling

• Customers' infrequent engineering changes small lot sizes

• Producing high enough quality levels          

• *e All of the above

Question 3

Which of the following is a goal of JIT partnerships?

• Reduce inventory and variability

• Increase variability

• Increase in-transit inventory

• Elimination of engineering changes          

Question 4

Just-in-time systems make demands on layouts, except

• distance reduction.

• decreased flexibility.

• reduced space and inventory.

• All of the above          

Question 5

Kanban is associated with all of the following, except

• slack in schedules.

• reducing setup time.

• pull systems.

• signaling when it is time for the next batch.          

Question 6

Which of the following is specifically characterized by a focus on continuous improvement, respect for people, and standard work practices?

• Just-in-time (JIT)

• Toyota Production System (TPS)

• Lean operations

• Material requirements planning (MRP)

• Kanban

Question 7

Which of the following statements regarding a pull system is true?

• Large lots are pulled from upstream stations.

• Work is pulled to the downstream stations before it is actually needed.

• Manufacturing cycle time is increased.

• Problems become more obvious.

• None of the above

Question 8

Manufacturing cycle time is best defined as the

• length of the work shift expressed in minutes per day.

• time it takes a unit to move from one workstation to the next.

• time between the start of one unit and the start of the next unit.

• sum of all the task times to make one unit of a product.

• time from raw materials receipt to finished product exit.    

Question 9

Which of the following is not one of the seven wastes?

• Overproduction

• Transportation

• Assignment

• Defective product

• Motion

Question 10

(TCO 3) The list of 5 Ss, although it looks like a housekeeping directive, supports lean production by

• identifying nonvalue items and removing them in the sort/segregate item.

• reducing inventory in the standardize item.

• increasing variability through standardized procedures in the standardize item.

• eliminating wasted motion through ergonomic studies in the support item.

• building good safety practices in the shine/sweep item.