Supplement. Job Scheduling and Vehicle Routing MCQ
_______ puts the pickups and deliveries in order by their promised arrival times, then assigns idle vehicles to make the pickups.
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The concurrent scheduler approach
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_______ combines two nodes into one tour, rather than having the vehicle return to the origination point and then heading out again.
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The Clark and Wright savings heuristic
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_______ refers to finding the best delivery time for one vehicle, which minimizes a time, mileage, or cost objective.
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The traveling salesman problem
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_______ refers to finding the best delivery route with the use of multiple vehicles and multiple vehicle capacities.
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Vehicle routing problems
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A _______ is when one or more nodes are switched so that vehicle capacities are not exceeded.
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Tour improvement
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This dispatch rule typically performs well in terms minimizing makespan:
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Shortest process time
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This dispatch rule performs well in terms of average job tardiness:
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Critical ratio
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This dispatch rule performs well in terms of average job lateness:
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Earliest due date
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This dispatch rule is popular in real jobs shops because of its perceived fairness:
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First come, first served
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This dispatch rule typically performs best in terms of average flow time:
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Shortest process time
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_______ is used as a way to limit shop congestion.
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Input–output control
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_______ is the amount of time a job finishes beyond the due date, averaged for a group of jobs.
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Average job tardiness
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_______ is flow time minus process time, averaged for a group of jobs.
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Average job lateness
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_______ is flow time minus process time, averaged for a group of jobs.
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Average queue time
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_______ is the total elapsed time to complete a group of jobs.
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Makespan
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Managers support lean production efforts by providing subordinates with the skills, tools, time, and empowerment.
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True
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Workforce Empowerment used to indicate to the _______ cell that more parts are needed.
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Upstream work
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Toyota Production System seeks to optimize use of ________ .
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All of these
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The SMED System was developed by _______ in Japan in the 1950s, and was applied at Toyota in the 1960s.
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Shigeo Shingo
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SMED is an abbreviation for _______ exchange of die
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Both a & b
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In _______ adding intelligence to lean systems allows an expansion of the kanban concept
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Smart Pull
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Seven Wastes identify and reduce waste.
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True
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When manufacturing cells need parts or materials, they use a kanban to signal their need for items from the upstream manufacturing cell is known as _______
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Pull System
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Production Kanban used to tell the work cell to begin processing more components to restock the empty container in its output area .
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True
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Process visibility means that transactions and other activities in a process are known to _______ .
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Both a & b
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Error- or mistake-proofing is known as ______ .
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Poka-Yoke
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Lean Thinking is also known as lean systems, lean manufacturing, lean production .
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True
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Lean Systems is an operating philosophy encompassing the objectives of _______within the organization
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All of these
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Lean Services focus on _______ and develop creative problem-solving abilities to improve and standardize processes to satisfy customers.
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Customer needs
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Lean Production is an operating philosophy encompassing the objectives of high quality, fast response, and low waste within the organization and between supply chain trading partners.
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True
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Lean manufacturing refers to the application of ______ to the development and manufacture of physical products.
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All of these
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In lean layouts, all purchased and WIP inventories are located on the production floor at their points .
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True
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Lean Culture can continue a lean journey of finding and correcting problems .
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True
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Lean Culture can continue a lean journey of finding and correcting problems .
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True
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Kanban is a material movement or production ______ .
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Both a & b
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Kaizen blitz refers to typically a one-week improvement effort covering many areas at once and involving many workers in the firm
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True
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A continuous improvement effort. Kaizen comes from the Japanese words kai (change) and Zen (for the better) is known as _____ .
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Kaizen
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Internal setup activities set up activities occurring while the machines are idle .
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True
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Five-S’s, the workplace will be _______ thereby reducing processing waste and improving productivity.
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All of these
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Activities performed while the equipment is still making units of the previous item is known as ______ .
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External Setup Activities
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Equipment Setups is a setting up of production equipment for the next production run.
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True
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E-banks, with no brick-and-mortar locations.This statement is related to _______ .
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Direct Banks
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A description given to companies when they offset the carbon footprint of their operations by doing things like planting trees is known as ______ .
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Carbon-Neutral
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