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MGMT 318 - Test 3
Production-Operations Management
Question | Answer |
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Which of the following relationships shows dependent demand inventory? | An automobile purchases four tires for each new car they product |
An inventory system answers two important questions: when to order and how much to order. Which of the following statements correctly explains how a Q system (continuous review system) or a P system (periodic review system) answers these questions? | Under a P system, an order is placed to replenish the inventory position up to the target level T every P time periods. |
Which one of the following statements concerning the economic order quantity (EOQ) model is TRUE? | A decrease in holding cost will increase the EOQ |
Which one of the following statements regarding the economic order quantity (EOQ) is TRUE? | If and order quantity is larger than the EOQ, the annual holding cost for cycle inventory exceeds the annual ordering cost |
average demand of 50 units per week. The standard deviation in weekly demand is 20 units. The lead-time for the item is six weeks, and it costs the company 30 to process. Holding is 10/year. Operates 52 wks/yr. desired saftey stock is | Greater than 50 but less than or equal to 100 units |
Which one of the following is an input to the MRP system? | Master production schedule |
Which of the following statements about MRP is TRUE? | MRP gross requirements for a component depend on the planned order releases of its immediate parents |
Enterprise resource planning (ERP): | Creates commonality of databases, uses client/server networks, uses business application-programming interfaces (BAPI) to access their database, and has been made possible because of advances in hardware and software |
Which of the following is generally found in most JIT environments? | Pull systems |
Which one of the following statements is true about the kanban system? | The customer workstation signals to the supplier workstation when production is needed |
What does TPS stand for? | Toyota Production System |
Lean systems try to: | Maximize the value added by of each of its activities |
Lead time for computers is 7 days with daily demand of 5 computers and a safety stock of 1 day. Each kanban holds 8 computers. What is the correct number of kanbans? | 5 |