A factory is at capacity in a period of stable demand. Which of the following actions would be best to maintain the competitive advantage when product variety is expected to increase?
Standard costing systems may encourage production managers to do which of the following activities?
A supplier of roller bearings makes lots of 10,000 and sorts them automatically according to size. In a typical lot of 10,000, the sizes break into the following categories:
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The product requires rollers on target or, at most, 0.0001 oversize. Experience indicates that 100% must be reinspected before use because the machine inspection lets a few defective units slip through. The supplier should be encouraged to take which of the following actions?
A work center has a balance between the scheduled input and output over the next 4 weeks. One of the three machines in the work center will be out of service for 1 week. Currently, three operators work the first shift, one operator works the second shift, and each has a 40-hour work week. Which of the following actions is best to take to maintain the schedule?
A company is gathering data as to why the machine is consistently shutting down. What methodology should a company pursue first?
Proper workplace organization calls for which of the following actions?
Which of the following components are associated with inventory functions?
What management approach is based on the participation of all members of an organization in improving processes, and culture in which they work?
The primary reason for using an empty conveyance container as a triggering signal is to:
Based on the theory of constraints (TOC) scheduling approach, smaller lots created as a result of splitting order quantities are considered to be:
After some investigation, a packaging company determined that all of its defective containers were being delivered by one of their third-party trucking companies. What quality tool would have been used to find this information?
Which of the following costing methods shows the greatest apparent profit in a time of inflation?
Which of the following steps should be first in determining operation start dates for capacity planning?
A work center has one machine that is operated for one shift per day. The shop runs an 8-hour shift 5 days per week. Machine utilization has been 60% with efficiency at 80%. A routing through this work center has a standard run time of .10 hours per piece. Job number 1234 is for 200 pieces. If the utilization is improved to 80%, the difference in calculated lead time for the job is how many days?
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