Question 1

Draw and identify three common flowcharting symbols.

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Question 2

Describe outsourcing and give two reasons why its use has increased.

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Question 3

In a paced assembly process,if station A takes 2 minutes per unit,station B takes 1 minute per unit,and station C takes 3 minutes per unit,compute the utilization for each station and identify the bottleneck.

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Question 4

What is the output in terms of products per hour for a three-step process with an 8-minute cycle time for step 1,a 9-minute cycle time for step 2,and a 10-minute cycle time for step 3?

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Question 5

Refer to the following break-even chart and describe what machines should be selected for various numbers of products.
B.Machine 2 has the lowest cost if the number of products is between B and C.Machine 3 has the lowest cost if the number of products is between C and D.

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Question 6

Cindy's Ceramics produces a standard 4-inch diameter vase with custom decorations related to the season of the year.Her ceramic firing oven can fire four vases at a time.Each firing cycle takes 90 minutes.What is the average cycle time?

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Question 7

Describe the use of group technology.

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Question 8

The staff member at the airport money exchange booth has three main duties: exchanging money,making money orders,and wiring money.For the current layout,the staff member must travel 3 feet to exchange money.Money is exchanged about 20 times an hour and is a primary part of the job,so it is given a weight of 4.Making money orders require walking 10 feet and is done about 2 times per hour.Making money orders is given a weight of 2.Wiring money is done about 4 times an hour,has a weight of 3 and requires traveling 14 feet.What is the load distance score?

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Question 9

Ted's T-shirts makes custom shirts on equipment that costs $350.The material costs $8 per shirt and sells for $15 per shirt.What volume is required to make $1750 a week?

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Question 10

Ted's T-shirts makes custom shirts on equipment that costs $350.The material costs $8 per shirt and sells for $15 per shirt.If he makes 20 shirts,what is the total revenue?

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Question 11

Ted's T-shirts makes custom shirts on equipment that costs $350.The material costs $8 per shirt and sells for $15 per shirt.If he makes 20 shirts,what is the total variable cost?

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Question 12

Benny's Bookmarks sells hand-stitched bookmarks at country fairs.His business is doing well.He is investigating buying a stitching machine to allow him to make the bookmarks more efficiently.The current manual method costs $1 per bookmark to stitch.A new machine costs $1000,and it will cost $0.50 to make a bookmark.How many bookmarks must be produced to break even?

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Question 13

Ted's T-shirts makes custom shirts on equipment that costs $350.The material costs $8 per shirt and sells for $15 per shirt.At the break-even point,what is the total revenue?

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Question 14

Ted's T-shirts makes custom shirts on equipment that costs $350.The material costs $8 per shirt and sells for $15 per shirt.How many shirts must be sold to break even?

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Question 15

List three advantages of a product layout.

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Quiz 4: Process Design and Analysis

Draw and identify three common flowcharting symbols.

Describe outsourcing and give two reasons why its use has increased.

In a paced assembly process,if station A takes 2 minutes per unit,station B takes 1 minute per unit,and station C takes 3 minutes per unit,compute the utilization for each station and identify the bottleneck.

What is the output in terms of products per hour for a three-step process with an 8-minute cycle time for step 1,a 9-minute cycle time for step 2,and a 10-minute cycle time for step 3?

Refer to the following break-even chart and describe what machines should be selected for various numbers of products. B.Machine 2 has the lowest cost if the number of products is between B and C.Machine 3 has the lowest cost if the number of products is between C and D.

Cindy's Ceramics produces a standard 4-inch diameter vase with custom decorations related to the season of the year.Her ceramic firing oven can fire four vases at a time.Each firing cycle takes 90 minutes.What is the average cycle time?

Describe the use of group technology.

Ted's T-shirts makes custom shirts on equipment that costs $350.The material costs $8 per shirt and sells for $15 per shirt.What volume is required to make $1750 a week?

Ted's T-shirts makes custom shirts on equipment that costs $350.The material costs $8 per shirt and sells for $15 per shirt.If he makes 20 shirts,what is the total revenue?

Ted's T-shirts makes custom shirts on equipment that costs $350.The material costs $8 per shirt and sells for $15 per shirt.If he makes 20 shirts,what is the total variable cost?

Ted's T-shirts makes custom shirts on equipment that costs $350.The material costs $8 per shirt and sells for $15 per shirt.At the break-even point,what is the total revenue?

Ted's T-shirts makes custom shirts on equipment that costs $350.The material costs $8 per shirt and sells for $15 per shirt.How many shirts must be sold to break even?

List three advantages of a product layout.