Question 1

Manufacturing is often the quickest way for developing countries to increase domestic wealth and citizen wages.

Accepted Answer

Manufacturing can provide job opportunities and boost the economy by increasing exports and reducing dependence on imports. This can lead to higher wages for citizens and increased domestic wealth. However, there may be environmental and social costs associated with rapid industrialization, and other factors such as political stability and access to resources also play a role in a country's economic development.

Question 2

Theoretically, in the push approach to manufacturing, each job consists of a batch of one unit.

Accepted Answer

In the push approach to manufacturing, jobs are typically produced in batches, not as individual units.

Question 3

With the pull approach to manufacturing, factory machinery is arranged in clusters or cells.

Accepted Answer

The pull approach to manufacturing involves arranging factory machinery in clusters or cells to produce goods based on customer demand. This approach is in contrast to the traditional push approach, where goods are produced in anticipation of future demand.

Question 4

Continuous inventory management is an inventory management approach where inventory needs and production capabilities are matched across the entire global enterprise.

Accepted Answer

Continuous inventory management refers to the process of constantly updating inventory records to reflect sales and purchases, often in real time, rather than matching inventory needs and production capabilities globally.

Question 5

A process costing is a costing approach where detailed costs to perform activities throughout the value chain are computed and can be managed or assigned to cost objects, including products.

Accepted Answer

Process costing is a costing method used where identical or similar items are produced in mass quantities, and the costs associated with these products are averaged over the units produced, rather than tracking detailed costs for specific activities or cost objects.

Question 6

Purchase orders convey authority for the manufacture of a specified product or subassembly in specified quantity and describe the material, labor, and machine requirements for the job.

Accepted Answer

Purchase orders are formal documents sent from a buyer to a seller authorizing the purchase of products or services at agreed terms, but they do not typically describe material, labor, and machine requirements for manufacturing. These details are usually specified in manufacturing orders or job orders, not purchase orders.

Question 7

Manufacturing resource planning (MRP) is an integrated decision support system for planning, executing, and controlling manufacturing operations.

Accepted Answer

Manufacturing resource planning (MRP) is indeed an integrated decision support system for planning, executing, and controlling manufacturing operations.

Question 8

Lifecycle costs are the sum of costs to design, produce, market, deliver, and support a product from conception to ultimate discontinuance.

Accepted Answer

This statement accurately describes the concept of lifecycle costs.

Question 9

The computer technology application that automates the product design process, including but not limited to the functions of geometric modeling, materials stress and strain analysis, drafting, storing product specifications, and mechanical simulation of a product's performance, is called CAD/CAE.

Accepted Answer

CAD/CAE stands for Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Engineering and is a technology that automates the product design process by using various software tools to assist in design, analysis, and simulation tasks. This includes functions such as geometric modeling, materials stress and strain analysis, drafting, storing product specifications, and mechanical simulation of a product's performance. Therefore, the statement is true.

Question 10

Production systems facilitate integration of all aspects of product design, manufacturing, and marketing processes.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

Product lifecycle management (PLM) systems are ERP modules or enterprise system add-ons that organize data by product, including designs, manufacturing specifications, quality, and warranty performance.

Accepted Answer

PLM systems are designed to manage the entire lifecycle of a product from ideation to retirement and encompass aspects such as design, engineering, manufacturing, quality, and maintenance. They are often integrated with ERP systems to ensure seamless communication and data sharing across the organization.

Question 12

Materials requirements planning is a process that uses bills of material, raw material and WIP inventory status data, open order data, and the master production schedule to calculate a time-phased order requirements schedule for materials and subassemblies.

Accepted Answer

This statement accurately describes the process of materials requirements planning.

Question 13

Cycle time is the time it takes from when authorization is made for goods to be produced to when the goods are completed.

Accepted Answer

Cycle time refers to the total time from the beginning to the end of a process, including all stages, not just from authorization to completion.

Question 14

The inventory production schedule is a statement of specific production goals developed from forecasts of demand, actual sales orders, or inventory information.

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Question 15

JIT is a manufacturing philosophy or business strategy for designing production processes that are more responsive to precisely timed customer delivery requirements.

Accepted Answer

JIT stands for Just-In-Time, which is a manufacturing philosophy focused on creating efficient production processes that can quickly respond to customer demands for timely delivery. Therefore, the statement is true.

Question 16

An assembly line manufacturing system is a highly automated computer integrated manufacturing system that has its goal of achieving the ability to quickly produce wide varieties of products using the same equipment.

Accepted Answer

An assembly line manufacturing system is designed for mass production of a single product or a few varieties of products, focusing on efficiency and repetition, rather than the ability to quickly produce wide varieties of products. The description provided aligns more closely with flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) which are designed to produce a variety of products with minimal changeover time.

Question 17

The capacity requirements planning (CRP) process uses information from the master production schedule and the time-phased order requirements schedule to develop detailed machine- and labor-use schedules based on available capacity.

Accepted Answer

Capacity requirements planning (CRP) is a process that uses information from the master production schedule and the time-phased order requirements schedule to determine the machine, labor and other resources needed to manufacture a product. Based on this information, detailed schedules are developed to ensure that capacity is available to meet the production requirements. Thus, the statement is true.

Question 18

Cost drivers measure the amount of an activity performed to explain activity costs.

Accepted Answer

Cost drivers are used to measure the amount of activity performed to explain and allocate the costs associated with that activity. They help to identify the factors that affect the cost of an activity, which in turn helps in managing and controlling costs.

Question 19

Supply chain management software provides available to promise planning and capable to promise planning.

Accepted Answer

Supply chain management software typically includes features for available to promise planning, which helps businesses determine whether they can fulfill a customer's order based on their current inventory levels, production capacity, and delivery schedules. Capable to promise planning is another feature that allows businesses to make more accurate promises to customers based on their capacity for future production and delivery, allowing for more efficient planning and scheduling.

Question 20

In the pull approach to manufacturing, the sales forecast drives the production plan and goods are produced in large batches.

Accepted Answer

In the pull approach to manufacturing, the customer demand drives the production plan and goods are produced in small batches. This approach is also known as Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing.

Quiz 15: Integrated Production Processes IPP