CPIM
Repetitive Manufacturing - answer Repetitive manufacturing is dedicated to a single
product or a small range of products, where products are passed through the same
sequence of operations.
Which are primary activities in manufacturing planning and control? - answer Production
planning and inventory management
Which of the following is a framework for organizing, defining, and standardizing the
business processes necessary to effectively plan and control an organization? - answer
Enterprise resources planning
An organization is pursuing a product differentiation strategy. Which is a production
environment that could accommodate this strategy while also minimizing related
inventories of components and/or finished goods? - answer Postponement, a subtype of
an assemble-to-order production environment, is a product design or supply chain
strategy that deliberately delays final differentiation (assembly, production, packaging,
tagging, etc.) until the latest possible time in the process. This shifts product
differentiation closer to the consumer to reduce the anticipatory risk, eliminating excess
inventory in the form of finished goods in the supply chain.
In a functional layout, - answereach work center must be flexible.
Product layout / In a product-based layout, - answerCapital costs generally are higher
for a product layout / there is little build-up of work-in-process (WIP) inventory.
Manufacturing lead time represents the: - answertotal time required to manufacture an
item, exclusive of lower-level purchasing lead time.
A company has developed a new, innovative product that is taking over the market.
Early sales consume everything the company can produce, but things have started to
slow down. Both production and sales continue to grow. What are the typical challenges
that would be expected in this growth phase of the product's life? - answerQuality and
delivery
Which is an advantage of work cells? - answerReduced material movement
How is six sigma best defined? - answerA methodology that furnishes tools to decrease
process variation and improve product quality
The usually small-scale, incremental focus of continuous improvement allows for which
of the following? - answerMinimal disruption to overall functions and duties
, Which is an example of a special cause as opposed to a common cause of a variation
in a process? - answerUse of expired materials
Which of the following terms is associated with the systematic use of techniques that
identify a required function, establish a value for that function, and finally provide that
function at the lowest overall cost? - answerValue analysis
In quality function deployment (QFD), what is typically the next step once the voice-of-
the-customer requirements are known? - answerTranslate the wants into engineering
specifications through a series of well-defined steps.
Which is the best way listed to improve quality at the source for manufactured parts? -
answerReducing the variation in manufacturing process
Which correctly identifies the following examples of costs as internal failure (I), external
failure (E), appraisal costs (A), and prevention costs (P)? - answerScrap = I; product
recalls and loss of customers = E; in-line inspections = A; machine maintenance and
operator training = P
Which of the following is a combined approach for process improvement and problem
solving based on reducing non-value-added activities, decreasing process variation,
and improving product quality? - answerLean six sigma
House of quality (HOQ) - answer1.Identification of customer attributes
2.Identification of supporting technical features
3.Correlation of customer attributes with supporting technical features
4.Assigning priorities to customer requirements and technical features
5.Evaluation of competitive stances and products
6.Identification of technical features to be used in the final design
Which system is unique in its focus on the reduction of defects by reducing variation? -
answerSix sigma
Which is recorded in control charts? - answerRange of each set of samples taken over
time. Control charts provide information on the average and range of each set of
samples taken over time. However, they do not record the results of inspections, as
inspections occur on the final product, while statistical process control occurs at the
work center level.
Involving the customer in the design of a product is part of which methodology? -
answerQuality function deployment (QFD) is a methodology to ensure that all the major
requirements of the customer are identified and met or exceeded.
Quality can be defined through five principal approaches: - answer-Transcendent quality
is an ideal—a condition of excellence.
Repetitive Manufacturing - answer Repetitive manufacturing is dedicated to a single
product or a small range of products, where products are passed through the same
sequence of operations.
Which are primary activities in manufacturing planning and control? - answer Production
planning and inventory management
Which of the following is a framework for organizing, defining, and standardizing the
business processes necessary to effectively plan and control an organization? - answer
Enterprise resources planning
An organization is pursuing a product differentiation strategy. Which is a production
environment that could accommodate this strategy while also minimizing related
inventories of components and/or finished goods? - answer Postponement, a subtype of
an assemble-to-order production environment, is a product design or supply chain
strategy that deliberately delays final differentiation (assembly, production, packaging,
tagging, etc.) until the latest possible time in the process. This shifts product
differentiation closer to the consumer to reduce the anticipatory risk, eliminating excess
inventory in the form of finished goods in the supply chain.
In a functional layout, - answereach work center must be flexible.
Product layout / In a product-based layout, - answerCapital costs generally are higher
for a product layout / there is little build-up of work-in-process (WIP) inventory.
Manufacturing lead time represents the: - answertotal time required to manufacture an
item, exclusive of lower-level purchasing lead time.
A company has developed a new, innovative product that is taking over the market.
Early sales consume everything the company can produce, but things have started to
slow down. Both production and sales continue to grow. What are the typical challenges
that would be expected in this growth phase of the product's life? - answerQuality and
delivery
Which is an advantage of work cells? - answerReduced material movement
How is six sigma best defined? - answerA methodology that furnishes tools to decrease
process variation and improve product quality
The usually small-scale, incremental focus of continuous improvement allows for which
of the following? - answerMinimal disruption to overall functions and duties
, Which is an example of a special cause as opposed to a common cause of a variation
in a process? - answerUse of expired materials
Which of the following terms is associated with the systematic use of techniques that
identify a required function, establish a value for that function, and finally provide that
function at the lowest overall cost? - answerValue analysis
In quality function deployment (QFD), what is typically the next step once the voice-of-
the-customer requirements are known? - answerTranslate the wants into engineering
specifications through a series of well-defined steps.
Which is the best way listed to improve quality at the source for manufactured parts? -
answerReducing the variation in manufacturing process
Which correctly identifies the following examples of costs as internal failure (I), external
failure (E), appraisal costs (A), and prevention costs (P)? - answerScrap = I; product
recalls and loss of customers = E; in-line inspections = A; machine maintenance and
operator training = P
Which of the following is a combined approach for process improvement and problem
solving based on reducing non-value-added activities, decreasing process variation,
and improving product quality? - answerLean six sigma
House of quality (HOQ) - answer1.Identification of customer attributes
2.Identification of supporting technical features
3.Correlation of customer attributes with supporting technical features
4.Assigning priorities to customer requirements and technical features
5.Evaluation of competitive stances and products
6.Identification of technical features to be used in the final design
Which system is unique in its focus on the reduction of defects by reducing variation? -
answerSix sigma
Which is recorded in control charts? - answerRange of each set of samples taken over
time. Control charts provide information on the average and range of each set of
samples taken over time. However, they do not record the results of inspections, as
inspections occur on the final product, while statistical process control occurs at the
work center level.
Involving the customer in the design of a product is part of which methodology? -
answerQuality function deployment (QFD) is a methodology to ensure that all the major
requirements of the customer are identified and met or exceeded.
Quality can be defined through five principal approaches: - answer-Transcendent quality
is an ideal—a condition of excellence.
