46. Drive-in-Style Motors follows a traditional manufacturing system. It produce
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46. Drive-in-Style Motors follows a traditional manufacturing system. It produces a fixed number of cars every month. It is now planning to switch to a system of manufacturing where workers go to the source of required parts and withdraw them based on requirements. In this scenario, which of the following is most likely to occur if Drivein-Style Motors implements this plan?
a. Its inventory levels will increase significantly when the demand is low.
b. Its component parts and subassemblies will be replenished only when needed.
c. Its finished goods inventory will decrease, but raw materials and work-in-process inventories will increase.
d. Its workers, at any given process, will produce units before they are needed.
47. Which of the following is a similarity between lean production and Six Sigma?
a. Both solely address visible problems in processes.
b. Both focus on efficiency by reducing waste and improving process flow.
c. Both are driven by supply chain limitations.
d. Both focus on problems related to variation in performance.
e. Both are driven by customer requirements
48. Ford Motor Company has decided to switch to a pull system of manufacturing and distribution for its vehicles. Under a Lean philosophy, which one of the following is most likely to occur?
a. Inventory levels will increase.
b. Component parts and subassemblies will be replenished only when needed.
c. Dealer parking lot space will need to be increased.
d. Finished goods inventory will decrease, but raw materials and work-in-process inventories will increase; economies of scale might not be affected.
49. According to the Toyota Motor Company, which of the following is not one of the seven major waste categories?
a. Overproduction
b. Transportation
c. Motion
d. Single-piece flow
50. Total productive maintenance (TPM) seeks to do all of the following except ____
a. Maximize equipment effectiveness.
b. Create worker ownership throughout the production process.
c. Foster continuous improvement efforts throughout the production process.
d. Enable multiple products in small batches to be run on the same equipment.
e. All of the above.
51. Fancy Trends Inc., a handbag manufacturing company, assembles handbags in an assembly line using 10 workstations. The target output for an 8-hour workday is 120 bags. The sum of the task times is 30 minutes/bag. The cycle time is 4 minutes/bag. The assembly-line efficiency is _____.
a. 65%
b. 70%
c. 75%
d. 80%
e. 85%
Explanation / Answer
46. Option b. Its component parts and subassemblies will be replenished only when needed.
Since the workers would withdraw the parts as needed, the components and subassemblies would be replenished only when they are depleted or about to be. This would reduce the raw materials and finished goods in inventory.
47. option b. Both focus on efficiency by reducing waste and improving process flow.
lean and six sigma both focus on reducing waste and and defects. They improve process flow and make sure we have less inventory and operate more smoothly.
48. option b. Component parts and subassemblies will be replenished only when needed.
In pull system the company will produce and procure according to the customer demand. this will reduce the inventory of raw material and finished goods. Hence, the component parts and subassemblies will be replenished only when needed
49. Option d. Single-piece flow
All others, Overproduction, Transportation and Motion are all part of 7 types of wastes. Hence single piece flow is not.
50. option e. All of the above.
All the above options, Maximize equipment effectiveness, Create worker ownership throughout the production process, Foster continuous improvement efforts throughout the production process and Enable multiple products in small batches to be run on the same equipment happens in TPM.
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