Industrial Engineering
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Course Introduction
Industrial Engineering is a field that focuses on optimizing complex systems, processes, and organizations by integrating people, technology, materials, and information. This course introduces students to the core principles and methodologies used to improve efficiency, productivity, and quality in manufacturing and service industries. Key topics include operations research, production planning, quality control, ergonomics, supply chain management, and systems simulation. Through theoretical knowledge and practical case studies, students learn to analyze and design systems that minimize waste, reduce costs, and enhance overall performance within various industrial environments.
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Production and Operations Management 2nd Edition by Martin Starr
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Chapter 1: Product Line Planning and the Systems Approach
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Q1) The systems approach
A)provides better solutions.
B)is superior to the functional field approach.
C)provides better problem-solving for complex situations.
D)all of the above
Answer: D
Q2) The sports team and its management is a good example of a purposeful effort that is hindered by the systems approach.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Teamwork across the organization is easier to achieve with self-contained functions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Manufacturers do not view customer service as part of product quality.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Productivity and Strategic Planning
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Q1) During the 1970s,Japanese organizations,spearheaded by Toyota,developed a new kind of production methodology called lean production systems.Many global companies continue to refine and apply these methods.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Competitors keep jockeying and leapfrogging each other with the adoption of _____ technologies that _____ reduce productivity.There are various causes for the reduction.
A)new;initially
B)new;never
C)new;always
D)new;seldom
Answer: A
Q3) Another way of stating the measure of productivity is to put a dollar value on the output volume per unit of time.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Demand Creation and Predictive Planning
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Q1) The first stage of the life cycle is
A)growth.
B)introduction.
C)maturity.
D)decline.
Answer: B
Q2) When actual demand results are known,the various forecasting methods are evaluated again,and the one that is least successful is chosen to make the prediction for the next period.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Increased competition has led to higher levels of market volatility.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The most common measure of error is called squared error measure (MSE).
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Understanding Quality: ITS Management and Strategic Importance
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Q1) People do not have to communicate with each other in the common pursuit of quality for TQM to operate.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the differences between durability and reliability as they relate to dependability.
Q3) Zero defects was the goal set by Phillip Crosby.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____ is defined as conformance to standards that must be as near to perfect as possible.
A)Six-sigma
B)Extreme quality achievement
C)Acceptance sampling methods
D)Product callback
Q5) The durability dimension deals with how often,how difficult and how costly it is to service and repair the product.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Why do we need international standards? Page 6
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Chapter 5: Process Configuration Strategies
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Q1) Discuss the differences between synthetic and analytic processes.Why is this a good way to categorize process flows?
Q2) It is possible,but necessary to justify,using a flow shop configuration for large batch-type (lower-volume and higher-variety) products.
A)True
B)False
Q3) For synthetic processes,it is important to be very focused and sharp about marketing and selling basically the one product to be sold.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____ are the type of activity flow or production process being used.
A)Simulations
B)Processes
C)Work configurations
D)Projects
Q5) Discuss the various criteria that must be considered,under the systems viewpoint,to determine the choice of process to use in a manufacturing environment.
Q6) What are economies of scales? Who developed the theory?
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Chapter 6: Process Analysis and Redesign
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Q1) The _____ is defined as the end step before the next setup,make-ready cycle.
A)setup
B)put-away
C)final operation
D)single-minute exchange of dies
Q2) How can queues,bottlenecks,and other interference be altered?
Q3) It is generally less expensive to use corrective maintenance than preventive maintenance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A _____ occurs when a growth process,such as increasing sales per week,or an epidemic of flu cases reported per day,stops accelerating,and begins to decelerate,or vice versa.
A)SMED discovery
B)good forecast
C)successful transition to outsourcing
D)tipping point
Q5) Why are job shops generally back-logged?
Q6) Why are process managers also line managers?
Q7) With 40 tools in use,how many are likely to fail during a month?
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Chapter 7: Quality Assurance
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Q1) _____ represent data graphically.
A)Histograms
B)Bar charts
C)Pareto analyses
D)all of the above
Q2) The p-chart monitors the stability of the range.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Process managers working with the SPC charts and 25 initial samples usually can remove assignable causes and stabilize the process.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Assignable causes are also known as _____ system causes.
A)identifiable
B)random
C)predictable
D)common
Q5) How are cause and effects charts used?
Q6) What is "zed" or ZD?
Q7) What are data check sheets and how are they used to improve quality?
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Chapter 8: Management of Technology Mot
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Q1) The expert system is built to conform to the questions and decisions made by an expert.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Neural networks are being designed to enable computers to read handwriting and to emulate the kinds of functions associated with intelligence in human beings.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____ are programmed to produce a menu of different products.
A)FMS
B)FOS
C)FSS
D)FPS
Q4) _____ is a coined word that combines the "cyb" from cybernetics with "org" from organisms.
A)Cyborgnetics
B)Cyborg
C)Rocybotorg
D)Orgocyb
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Chapter 9: Teamwork Planning Requires Job Design
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Q1) For the _____ approach to work,job design must interact and facilitate teamwork based on focused commonality of strategy.
A)thinking
B)creative
C)systems
D)commitment
Q2) Production and operations managers need to know how for all of the following points except one.Which is incorrect?
A)how to foster competence
B)how to obtain commitment
C)how to develop and maintain motivation
D)how to foster competition among workers
Q3) With consistent repetition,as the job is being learned (for the first time) or relearned,the operator is said to start moving up his or her
A)learning curve.
B)leveling plateau.
C)normal time frame.
D)learning plateau.
Q4) What are the advantages of computer-based training?
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Chapter 10: Supply Chain Capacity Planning
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Q1) Learning curves
A)describe how repeated practice decreases the time required to do a job.
B)captures the benefit of repetition and experience.
C)are expressed in quantitative terms for employees doing the same job routinely.
D)all of the above
Q2) The new manager of the electric utility notes that recent summers have been warmer than average.Consequently,for next year she revises upward the probability that actual demand will exceed average demand;this is estimated to occur 8 percent of the year or 29.2 summer days.She estimates that each power incident can cost far less than her predecessor had spent.Using different management techniques to deal with brownouts,she hopes to reduce the cost per incident to $10,000.Because the previous manager had not invested in additional capacity to cover maximum peak-load requirements,that option is still available.She faces the prospect that it will cost an extra $3,000,000 to increase capacity from average to peak.This amount is spread out over 10 years,or $300,000 per year.Should peak-load capacity be installed?
Q3) The use of robots is a wise choice for nuclear experimentation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Facilities Planning: Location and Layout
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Q1) The Northwest Corner (NWC) method involves putting the largest possible shipment in the lower-left corner and moving upward and toward the right as further assignments are made.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Minimum cost allocation can be determined by the transportation model in a satisfactory way as long as nonlinearity of shipping costs prevails.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In TM (transportation model) terminology,those that receive shipments are called A)shippers.
B)sinks.
C)destinations.
D)both a and c
E)both b and c
Q4) Discuss how regional planning differs from national and international planning for facilities management.What is expected of P/OM managers?
Q5) Give three reasons why the plants in a TM might produce units at different costs.
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Chapter 12: Materials Management Impacts All Supply
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Q1) Calculate the inventory turnover rate when monthly net sales are $100 million and average inventory evaluated at the selling price is $225 million.What might this product be and comment on this level of turnover for such a product.
Q2) Who developed the ABC concept in the 1940s,and in which country or company?
A)Del Harder from Ford Motor Company
B)General MacArthur of the U.S.A.
C)Dr.Taguchi from Japan
D)Ms.Lockheed of Lockheed-Martin
Q3) The purchasing mission includes achieving deliveries are on time,receiving inventories,inspecting all incoming goods,certifying suppliers,and making sure the relationship with trusted suppliers is stable.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Average daily demand velocity is often called
A)days of inventory.
B)inventory turns.
C)average demand per day.
D)average supply to meet demand per day.
Q5) Explain analytic processes.How are they different from synthetic processes?
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Chapter 13: Aggregate Planning to Balance Supply and Demand
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Q1) By varying the size of the workforce,production output can be made to match demand if facilities and equipment allow.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Sensitivity analysis allows investigation of the effect of altering supply capacities,demand levels,and costs on a "what if" basis.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Aggregate planning lumps various items together so that the sum reflects aggregate demand.The items to be aggregated must share supply commonalities.There is no point in aggregating jobs that cannot be made at the same facilities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) HMMS used only linear cost equations to approximate the actual cost system for the PPG job shop.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Briefly describe the three levels of production scheduling.
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Chapter 14: Inventory Management for Smooth and Continuous Demand Patterns
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Q1) _____ inventory systems were more popular than _____ inventory systems before inventory information was digitized and put online.
A)Periodic;physical
B)Physical;periodic
C)Periodic;perpetual
D)Perpetual;periodic
Q2) The ELS model gets its name from the fact that the production run quantity is called a _____.
A)batch
B)lot
C)rate
D)economic shipping size
Q3) The importance of being on time with project completions has led to the development of
A)just-in-time inventory methods.
B)critical path methods.
C)flexible manufacturing systems.
D)order-point policies.
Q4) What are order point policies?
Q5) Can discounts have a cost? Discuss.
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Chapter 15: Material Requirements Planning Mrp for
Sporadic Demand Patterns
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Q1) MRP record processing proceeds from one level code to the next,starting at level code
A)0.
B)1.
C)2.
D)3.
Q2) MRPII is the foundation for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
A)True
B)False
Q3) Actual on-hand customer orders provide relatively _____ information about future demands.
A)misleading
B)solid
C)unimportant
D)minor
Q4) What is the bill of resources used for?
Q5) What is net change MRP?
Q6) What is CRP?
Q7) What are the three inputs to MRP?
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Chapter 16: Production Scheduling for Manufacturing and Service Operations
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Q1) Often the revenue is r because it is a function of the job,j,and not the machine,i.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When split assignments are allowed,the transportation method cannot be used.Instead,turn to the assignment method.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Gantt load charts show what kind of information?
A)Certain departments have reserved time for preventative maintenance.
B)Particular jobs cannot be split up.
C)For resolution of due date problems,cumulative backlog data can be shown for the current week and the prior week.
D)a,b,and c
E)the competitive situation.
Q4) Gantt layout charts provide work schedule control and they are a great help in determining the best work sequences.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Cycle-Time Management Increases
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Q1) With respect to the O.O.D.A.loop,fighter pilots must achieve rapid orientation.Dictionaries define orientation in terms of both psychological as well as physical positioning.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Precedence diagrams chart all relevant operations indicating which operations must follow others.
A)True
B)False
Q3) For line-balancing,operation times (to be balanced at workstations) should be increased to reflect longest times that might be experienced with each operation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain a "pull" production system.
Q5) It is always beneficial to have some short operations that can be assigned to workstations more readily than long ones.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Define cycle time and discuss cycle time management.
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Chapter 18: Project Management for New Products and Processes
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Q1) Change management projects are unique work configurations that demand specific capabilities including leadership and teamwork.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The kinds of problems encountered in projects are different from those encountered in the job shop and flow shop.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Good project-management methods do which of the following?
A)Keep track of what has been done.
B)Point to activities critical for completion.
C)Expedite activities that are slipping.
D)all of the above
Q4) How are projects defined?
Q5) There are two main types of P/OM activities.One is the domain of project managers.The other is the domain of process managers.To highlight this difference,a and b are used to designate each type.Which is the beta type?
A)domain of process managers
B)domain of project managers
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Chapter 19: Change Management With Faster Project Completions
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Q1) The management of many resource systems to achieve start-up-spending benefits of early project completion is called
A)high-velocity project completion.
B)concurrent engineering.
C)time-based management.
D)none of the above
Q2) The factors of the conditions for change equation (D × V × P) > C stand for: D = dissatisfaction with the current situation,V = visions of what the future can become,P = practical first steps to achieve the vision,and C = change flexibility.
A)True
B)False
Q3) _____ is parallel and simultaneous work along many project paths.
A)Concurrent engineering
B)Smart use of pilot study
C)Duplicate experimentation
D)none of the above
Q4) Long cycle times are chosen to increase throughput rates.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 20: Sustainability Issues: Environment, Ethics, and Security
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Q1) Which of the following are especially useful for safety and security?
A)service robots
B)fixed robots
C)mobile robots
D)health care robots
Q2) Which of the follow is correct?
A)There is increasing pressure to move more manned space exploration toward robot sojourns.
B)Robots have been used traditionally for drug and bomb material detection.
C)Corporate security officers (CSOs) are being replaced by robots.
D)none of the above
Q3) Hazard reduction for workers,customers,and communities is not an ethical issue.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Saturn initiative spans design and construction of the manufacturing/assembly facility through the entire product life cycle.Saturn describes the cycle as Manufacture Design Consumer Use Post-Consumer Use.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is an ELV?
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