Ünite Sınavı Soruları

1. Reduce work-in-process inventories, thus decreasing inventory costs and waste
2. Easy to quickly identify quality problems before large inventories of defective parts are manufactured
3. When coordinated with a JIT purchasing program, ensures the smooth flow of materials throughout the entire production process

Which of the above are advantages of JIT?

What is the concept defined as "items due to be received in a particular time period"?

Which production control system is applied when a company manufactures a certain amount of washing machines based on their forecasts before observing the actual demand?

According to Nahmias and Olsen (2015), which of the following is NOT among the characteristics of forecasts?

Which of the following characteristics is not true about forecasts?

In which approach, only N most recent observations are put into account and arithmetic average of these N observations is determined as the forecast value?

What is the concept defined as "the time between beginning and end of a process"?

_________is the quantity of product ordered for delivery in a specific period or manufactured in a single run.

Which of the following completes the sentence above?

What is the latency between the initiation and completion of a process called?

“It is a forecasting technique that is generally used when the data has a certain trend, such as the values either increase or decrease over time. This method requires two smoothing constants, α and β and has two smoothing equations”.

Which forecasting technique is described above?

________________ systems are the systems in which production planning is done before the observation of actual demand.

Which of the following completes the sentence above?

Which forecasting technique is generally used when the data has a certain trend?

“This is the quantity that is physically present in your warehouse. For example, you may have 100 units of products that are not sold in previous periods and hence available in the warehouse”.

Which term is explained by the above sentences?

Customer surveys, the Delphi method and jury of executive opinion can be examples to _______________________ techniques.

Which of the following completes the sentence above?

1. The ability to react to changes in demand, since demand forecasts are an integral part of the system (as opposed to JIT which does no look-ahead planning)
2. Allowance for lot sizing at the various levels of thesystem, thus affording the opportunity to reduce setups and setup costs
3. Planning of production levels at all levels of the firm for several periods into the future, thus affording the firm the opportunity to look ahead to better schedule shifts and adjust workforce levels in the face of changing demand.

Which of the above are advantages of MRP?

1. Uncertainty
2. Capacity Planning
3. Rolling Horizons
4. Lead Times Dependent on Lot Sizes

Which of the above terms are shortcomings of MRP?

I. It is a management process in manufacturing industries which focuses on the decisions regarding the procurement of components and raw materials and adjustment of workforce level, machines and other necessary resources to make sure that company goals are achieved.

II. It can be considered as a guide for the company.

Which term is described by the above sentences?

Which of the following is defined as a plan which aims to manufacture closely with the demand?

What does a typical production planning process generally begin with?