BSOP 429 WEEK 4MID TERM

BSOP 429 WEEK 4 Week 4  Scheduling  Midterm 
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1. (TCO 12) _____ is the objective under JIT and time-based competition. (Points : 5) 
 WIP reduction
 Material velocity
 Lead-time reduction
 Decreasing material wait time 


2. (TCO 2) Which of the following lead-time elements can be compressed into one well-designed PAC system? (Points : 5) 
 Run, move, and queue
 Move and queue
 Run and setup
 Move and setup 


3. (TCO 3) What happens to inventory as the number of kanban cards increases? (Points : 5) 
 Inventory decreases
 Inventory increases
 Inventory remains the same
 The number of kanban cards has no effect on inventory. 


4. (TCO 1) In managing supplier relations, which of the following is a beneficial setup? (Points : 5) 
 Supplier demand is connected to the customer's resource and planning activities.
 Your resource planning activities are linked to your supplier's capacity planning.
 Your supplier's master planning schedule is connected to your resource planning activities.
 Your supplier's demand management system is connected to your PAC vendor system


5. (TCO 6) When linking marketing requirements and manufacturing strategy, what design approaches for shop floor system should be considered? (Points : 5) 
 JIT and Lean
 MRP and PAC
 MRP and JIT
 Lean and SPC 


6. (TCO 9) Which of the following is true? (Points : 5) 
 Once you complete the five steps, the process is complete.
 Another constraint will always appear when the original constraint is broken.
 Demand for product is not a constraint.
 The first step in the TOC is to decide how to exploit a constraint. 


7. (TCO 4) According to Elyahu Goldratt, the TOC system uses a scheduling approach called _____. (Points : 5) 
 drum-buffer-rope
 drum-buffer-string
 drum-rope-buffer
 drum-buffer-line 


8. (TCO 5) The amount of time covered by the basic MRP record is called the _____. (Points : 5) 
 time bucket
 new horizon
 time horizon
 planning horizon





Week 4 : Scheduling - Midterm 





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1. (TCO 1) Please explain PAC. (Points : 20) 

 


2. (TCO 2) How does input from other areas into PAC and the feedback PAC provides impact PAC? Explain. (Points : 20) 

 


3. (TCO 6) Discuss the differences between MRP and JIT. (Points : 20) 

 




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