The 2 different types of performance targets that should be used to achieve organizational stretch objectives are

Work center 10 has 44 hours of available capacity, product X has an internal setup time of 2 hours, and a run time of 4 hours per piece. What quantity of product X can be produced?

In its haste to roll out new products, marketing often sells product too early and promises delivery dates that are unworkable. A good way to prevent this type of failures is to

Point-of-use storage has which of the following advantages as compared to warehousing?

An electronic board that provides visibility of floor status and supplies information to help coordinate the efforts to linked work centers is

A gear manufacturer has departments running 3 shifts/day, 5 days a week except for the heat-treating furnace which must run 24 hours/day, 7 days a week;
Shifts for all departments, except the heat-treating furnace, are 8 hours with 1 hour of lunch/break time per day.
The heat-treating furnace produces 50 units/hour, operating 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, with no down time;
The gear machining process produces 85 units an hour, operating at 3 shifts/day, 5 days/week.
The final assembly line currently is a bottleneck and is capable of producing at a rate of 120 units per hour, and operates 1 shift/day, 5 days/week.
Demand is for 8000 end items per week, what actions should the company make that will allow the 8000 end items to be made?

Which of the following complications exist for the movement of materials from the point-of-use to the point-of-fit in a pull system that supports a mixed-model schedule?

Work center 18 Week 15
Product Qty produced Standard hours Hours charged
A 200 200 250
B 60 120 100
C 80 80 100
Total hours worked=480
Planned labor: 420 standard hours/week
Standard labor cost: $5/standard hour
The productivity of the work center is

The best approach for managing planning vs execution in capacity management is

An important transaction point in a push production as well as a pull environments is

Which of the following causes of process variation indicates that the process is under control and subject only to uncontrollable everyday factors such as temperature and humidity?