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Lean Operations And Supply Chains MCQ

 Lean Operations And Supply Chains MCQ

1. ______ is unevenness in the production process, out-of-balance workflows, and uneven workloads.

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Correct Answer: Lean philosophy

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2. ______ is the belief that any activity or process that does not add value to a product or service wastes resources and, therefore, should be eliminated.

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Correct Answer: Lean philosophy

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3. ______ is a measure (usually in terms of time or units) of how an order moves from receipt to delivery.

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Correct Answer: Throughput

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4. ______ are specific time periods in which production levels cannot be changed.

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Correct Answer: Frozen windows

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5. Which of the following describes any wasteful activity that does not add value or is unproductive?

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Correct Answer: Muda

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6. ______ is the evaluation of inventory turnover or days of inventory on hand, and capacity and capital usage (ROI or cash flow).

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Correct Answer: Efficiency metrics

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7. ______ is a system in which the management of an item at the customer’s site or retail location is entirely the responsibility of the supplier of that item.

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Correct Answer: Vendor managed inventory

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8. Which of the following describes improvements that may not come from any one big fix, but from a steady stream of small adjustments?

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Correct Answer: Incrementalism

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9. ______ is a manual control system that uses visual signals to tell workers when it is time to get or make more of something.

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Correct Answer: Kanban system

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10. ______ is a production philosophy of doing it right the first time and stopping production should something go wrong.

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Correct Answer: Jidoka

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11. ______ is a system in which customer demand, rather than sales forecasts, dictates production levels.

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Correct Answer: Just-in-time

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12. ______ is an assessment of material and labor costs, the costs associated with returns and repairs, interest, rent, and facilities, transportation, and storage costs.

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Correct Answer: Cost metrics

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13. ______ is the minimal level of inventory that a company seeks to have on hand at all times to act as a buffer against the mismatch between forecasted and actual demand.

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Correct Answer: Safety stock

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14. Which of the following is not a part of the Five S model?

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Correct Answer: Workflow

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15. Which process consists of a sequence of connected steps or operations necessary to complete a task?

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Correct Answer: Workflow

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16. ______ is the sequence of activities required to design, produce, and provide a good or service, and along which information

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Correct Answer: Value stream

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17. Leveling out the workload or smoothing production to achieve stable schedules, achieve a steady flow of work, and eliminate waste is known as

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Correct Answer: Uniform plant loading

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18. Timeline chart is a tool which used to track _____

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Correct Answer: Both the value-added and non-value-added

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19. Define Time metrics.

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Correct Answer: An assessment of the amount of time to process an order, transportation time, and similar variables

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20. Throughput tell us how an order moves from receipt to delivery

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Correct Answer: True

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21. The cycle time needed to match our production rate to demand for the product are known as

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Correct Answer: Takt time

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22. Supplier park IS the location of _____ in close proximity to a producer to create a leaner supply chain

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Correct Answer: Multiple suppliers

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23. The minimal level of inventory that a company seeks to have on hand is known as

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Correct Answer: Safety stock

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24. systems in which services or products are produced based on forecasts are known as

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Correct Answer: Push systems

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25. Systems in which the product or service is only produced after it is ordered is known as

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Correct Answer: Pull systems

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26. Muri is a waste and ______ productivity

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Correct Answer: Decreased

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27. Mura is an unevenness in the production process, out-of-balance workflows, and uneven workloads

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Correct Answer: True

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28. ______ is an wasteful activity that does not add value or is unproductive

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Correct Answer: Muda

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29. A production method where the same mixture of products is produced every day in small quantities is known as

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Correct Answer: Mixed-model production cycle

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30. Lot size the predetermined quantity of an item that is either manufactured or ______

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Correct Answer: Purchased from a supplier

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31. In Level schedule materials are pulled through the assembly line

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Correct Answer: True

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32. Lean Six Sigma is a method that relies on a collaborative team effort to ______ by systematically removing waste and reducing

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Correct Answer: Improve performance

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33. Kanban system a manual control system that uses _____

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Correct Answer: Visual signals

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34. A system in which customer demand, rather than sales forecasts, dictates production level is known as

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Correct Answer: Just-in-time

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35. Jidoka is a Japanese term meaning …

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Correct Answer: Quality at the source

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36. _______ a activities that require machinery to be stopped or the process to be shut down for the setup work to be completed

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Correct Answer: Internal setups

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37. In Internal logistics system manage all the management and movement of materials within a manufacturing facility

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Correct Answer: True

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38. The idea that improvements may not come from any one big fix but from a steady stream of small adjustments are known as

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Correct Answer: Incrementalism

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39. Which production levels cannot be changed

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Correct Answer: Frozen windows

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40. Which of the correct statement about Five S(5S)

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Correct Answer: A model for showing how to implement lean practices in any business operation

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41. External setups work that can be completed outside of the process and does not require machinery to be stopped or the process to be shut down

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Correct Answer: True

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42. Collection, transportation, and distribution of goods between suppliers and the plant, as well as between the plant and consumers

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Correct Answer: External logistics system

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43. EDI is stands for (in operational management)

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Correct Answer: Electronic data interchange

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44. the evaluation of inventory turnover or days of inventory on hand, as well as capacity and capital usage is known as

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Correct Answer: Efficiency metrics

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45. _____ is the evaluation of the percentage of orders delivered on time and customer satisfaction metrics

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Correct Answer: Effectiveness metrics

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46. Dependence is a process that have implications for other elements in the same process

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Correct Answer: True

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47. CTP stands for(in operational management)

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Correct Answer: Cost-time-profile map

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48. An assessment of material and labor costs, the costs associated with returns and repairs, interest, rent, facilities, transportation, and storage is known as

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Correct Answer: Cost metrics

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49. ______ is an inventory management process in which parts that go into each unit of a product are removed from inventory

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Correct Answer: Backflush

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