Question 1

One of the many lean techniques that have been successfully applied in service firms is the upgrading of housekeeping.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Group technology is a philosophy wherein similar parts are grouped together and the processes required to make the parts are arranged as a work cell.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following address elimination of waste under lean production?

Accepted Answer

A) Info-matic warehouse networks 
B) Outsourced housekeeping 
C) Quality at the source 
D) Backflush 
E) Bottom-round management 
A) Info-matic warehouse networks 
B) Outsourced housekeeping 
C) Quality at the source 
D) Backflush 
E) Bottom-round management

Question 4

The goal of JIT production is to drive all inventory queues lower.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the textbook, Toyota's Fujio Cho identified which of the following types of waste to be eliminated?

Accepted Answer

A) Underproduction 
B) Excess quality 
C) Preventive maintenance 
D) Product defects 
E) Kaizen 
A) Underproduction 
B) Excess quality 
C) Preventive maintenance 
D) Product defects 
E) Kaizen

Question 6

A kaizen burst is an overfilled kanban container.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Lean production replaced JIT in the 1990s because JIT did not address the problem of reducing waste.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following statements holds true for kanban production control systems?

Accepted Answer

A) The authority to produce or supply additional parts comes from upstream operations. 
B) In a paperless control system, containers can be used instead of cards. 
C) The cards or containers make up the kanban push system. 
D) They require substantial quantitative analysis prior to implementation. 
E) They have not been successful outside of Japan and the United States. 
A) The authority to produce or supply additional parts comes from upstream operations. 
B) In a paperless control system, containers can be used instead of cards. 
C) The cards or containers make up the kanban push system. 
D) They require substantial quantitative analysis prior to implementation. 
E) They have not been successful outside of Japan and the United States.

Question 9

Respect for people is a key to Toyota's improvement ideas in manufacturing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Lean production is an integrated set of activities designed to achieve high-volume production using minimal inventories of raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Group technology (GT) is credited with which of the following benefits?

Accepted Answer

A) Reducing waiting time between process operations 
B) Improving inventory discipline 
C) Reducing required workforce skills 
D) Improved labor relations 
E) Improved small group functioning 
A) Reducing waiting time between process operations 
B) Improving inventory discipline 
C) Reducing required workforce skills 
D) Improved labor relations 
E) Improved small group functioning

Question 12

Lean production makes implementing green strategies in manufacturing processes more difficult.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Company unions in Japan exist to foster a cooperative relationship with management.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

One of the many lean techniques that have been successfully applied in service firms is the eliminating of unnecessary activities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In Japanese manufacturing, automation and robotics are used extensively to perform dull or routine jobs so employees are free to focus on important improvement tasks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

One of the many lean techniques that have been successfully applied in service firms is the upgrading of quality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Preventive maintenance is emphasized in lean production to ensure that flows are not interrupted by downtime or malfunctioning equipment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Uniform plant loading is where you schedule production with different amounts of the same product each day of the week to permit variation to meet changing demand requirements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Subcontractor networks are not very important in Japanese manufacturing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In setting up a kanban control system, you need to determine the number of kanban card sets needed.If the expected demand during lead time is 50 per hour, the safety stock is 20 percent of the demand during lead time, the container size is 4, and the lead time to replenish an order is 2 hours, what number of kanban card sets is needed? ___________________

Accepted Answer

The answer of In setting up a kanban control system,...

Exam 14: Lean Supply Chains

One of the many lean techniques that have been successfully applied in service firms is the upgrading of housekeeping.

Group technology is a philosophy wherein similar parts are grouped together and the processes required to make the parts are arranged as a work cell.

Which of the following address elimination of waste under lean production?

The goal of JIT production is to drive all inventory queues lower.

In the textbook, Toyota's Fujio Cho identified which of the following types of waste to be eliminated?

A kaizen burst is an overfilled kanban container.

Lean production replaced JIT in the 1990s because JIT did not address the problem of reducing waste.

Which of the following statements holds true for kanban production control systems?

Respect for people is a key to Toyota's improvement ideas in manufacturing.

Lean production is an integrated set of activities designed to achieve high-volume production using minimal inventories of raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.

Group technology (GT) is credited with which of the following benefits?

Lean production makes implementing green strategies in manufacturing processes more difficult.

Company unions in Japan exist to foster a cooperative relationship with management.

One of the many lean techniques that have been successfully applied in service firms is the eliminating of unnecessary activities.

In Japanese manufacturing, automation and robotics are used extensively to perform dull or routine jobs so employees are free to focus on important improvement tasks.

One of the many lean techniques that have been successfully applied in service firms is the upgrading of quality.

Preventive maintenance is emphasized in lean production to ensure that flows are not interrupted by downtime or malfunctioning equipment.

Uniform plant loading is where you schedule production with different amounts of the same product each day of the week to permit variation to meet changing demand requirements.

Subcontractor networks are not very important in Japanese manufacturing.

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