Assembly Lines
1. A paced assembly line is one where ___________________.
a. inventory queues exist in front of stations
b. the line can move when a station falls behind
c. cycle time is fixed and controlled by mechanical or electronic means
d. line movement controlled by the workers
2. A linked assembly line is one where ___________________.
a. inventory queues exist in front of stations
b. the line can move when a station falls behind
c. cycle time controlled by mechanical or electronic means
d. line movement controlled by the workers
3. A buffered assembly line is one where ___________________.
a. inventory queues exist in front of stations
b. the line cannot move when a station falls behind
c. any problems shut down the entire line
d. line movement is controlled by mechanical or electronic means
4. The Stitching Department in the Stonehaven Case is an example of a ______________.
a. Paced line
b. Linked line
c. Buffered line
d. Single model line
5. The Lasting Department in the Stonehaven Case is an example of a ______________.
a. Paced line
b. Unpaced line
c. Buffered line
d. Mixed model Line
6. The machines in the Cutting department can best bedescribed as__________________.
a. Pooled
b. Dedicated
c. Parallel
d. Series
7. For the same process, the output rate of a paced line compared to the output rate of a buffered line is _______________________.
a. higher
b. lower
c. the same
d. cannot be generalized
8. How does variability affect linked lines?
a. Cycle time increases and throughput (output) rate decreases as variability increases.
b. Cycle time decreases and throughput (output) rate increases as variability increases.
c. Both cycle time and throughput (output) rate increases as variability increases.
d. Both cycle time and throughput (output) rate decreases as variability increases.
9. What is the impact as stations for new tasks (having the same average task time as old ones) are added to a linked line?
a. Cycle time decreases and throughput time (MTT)decreases.
b. Cycle time increases and throughput time (MTT)decreases.
c. Cycle time increases and throughput time (MTT) increases.
d. Cycle time decreases and throughput time (MTT)increases.
10. On a linked line, how is the cycle time affected, as the number of stations increases due to splitting the tasks (e.g. one task is split into two tasks each with half the original task time) in an effort to reduce the line cycle time?
a. Cycle time decreases linearly.
b. Cycle time remains the same.
c. Cycle time decreases at an increasing rate.
d. Cycle time decreases at a decreasing rate.