Exam 8: Facility Layout

Which of the following basic types of production layout formats is one in which equipment or work processes are arranged according to the progressive steps by which the product is made?

(Choose the most appropriate answer from the choices below) A manufacturing cell layout. I. allocates dissimilar machines into cells to produce product families (similar shapes and processing requirements). II. improves operator expertise. III. reduces cost.

Which of the following is not considered an input to the layout decision in facility layout analysis?

When designing an assembly-line, you should always re-balance when the efficiency is not high.

A project layout is similar to the basic production layout format of the workcenter.

Which of the following is a hybrid type of production layout format?

In the design of retail service layouts, the term "ambient conditions" does not refer to which of the following?

If the sum of the task times required to produce a product is 80 minutes and the cycle time for the same product is 15 minutes, the theoretical minimum number of workstations is 8 using the assembly-line balancing procedure.

The formats by which departments are arranged in a facility are defined by the level of production volume.

Using the assembly-line balancing procedures for any assembly-line balancing problem, which of the following is most correct?

In designing a production layout a flexible line layout might have the shape of a "U".

The assembly-line balancing procedure determines the precedence relationships of manufacturing tasks.

Which of the following is not a step in developing a manufacturing cell layout?

Using the assembly-line balancing procedure, which of the following is the theoretical minimum number of workstations if the task times for the six tasks that make up the job are 4, 6, 7, 2, 6, and 5 minutes, and the cycle time is 10 minutes?

It would be rare to find more than one layout type in the same production facility.

Which of the following is not a benefit of a manufacturing cell layout?

Assembly lines are a special case of a project layout.

For the purposes of assembly-line balancing, cycle time is found by dividing production time per day by the required units of output per day.

The objective of a mixed-model line layout is to meet the demand for a variety of products and avoid building high inventories.

(Choose the most appropriate answer from the choices below) In an assembly line balancing problem, work station cycle time. I. will decrease as the required production per day increases, other things remaining the same. II. will increase as the required production per day increases, other things remaining the same. III. will decrease as the production time per day increases, other things remaining the same. IV. will increase as the production time per day increases, other things remaining the same.