Exam 22: Workcenter Scheduling

Initiating performance of scheduled work is commonly termed "dispatching" of orders.

When work is assigned to a workcenter based on what is needed over time it is called which of the following?

In production scheduling, the process of determining which job to start first on some machine or in some workcenter is known as sequencing or priority sequencing.

A backward schedule tells when an order must be started in order to be done by a specific date.

In infinite loading, no consideration is given directly to whether there is sufficient capacity at the resources required to complete the work, nor is the actual sequence of the work as done by each resource in the workcenter considered.

Smaller transfer batches give lower work-in-process inventory and faster product flow.

Which of the following is a "focusing step" of Dr. Eli Goldratt's theory of constraints?

JIT requires a stable production level. When compared to synchronous manufacturing, this is viewed as a negative aspect of JIT.

Transfer batch is another term for process batch.

When work is scheduled in detail using the setup and run time required for each order, then theoretically all schedules will be feasible.

Synchronous manufacturing refers to the entire production process working together in harmony to achieve the goals of the firm.

In finite loading, no consideration is given directly to whether there is sufficient capacity at the resources required to complete the work, nor is the actual sequence of the work as done by each resource in the workcenter considered.

There is no problem with inventory as long as it is eventually used or sold.

Departments within a firm often are at odds with each other because reward systems are often not synchronized with the basic goal of the firm: to make money.

MRP uses forward scheduling, beginning with the master production schedule.

Operations scheduling is at the heart of what is currently referred to as Manufacturing Scheduling System (MSS).

According to the theory of constraints, throughput is the rate at which money is generated by the system through sales.

Which of the following might be a status and exception report used in shop-floor control?

There is little to be gained by saving time on a bottleneck operation since it only increases the capacity of one operation.

According to the theory of constraints, which of the following is a kind of time that makes up the cycle time in production?