Which of the following changes would have an impact on the use of a production activity control system?
1. Changing from a batch to a line manufacturing environment;
2. Implementing modular bill of material for items with options;
3. Grouping production equipment into focused work cells;

Quality can be defined as

In TOC, which of the following actions best reduces WIP inventory on the shop floor?

A company operates in a MTO environment, and has departments with job shop layouts. On-time schedule performance, most commonly, is a function of

Standard hours/part=0.1
Standard hours expected=7.2
Standard internal setup time=0.25 hours
Scheduled downtime=0
Actual run time=7 hours
Actual internal setup time=0.1hour
Total hours/shift=8
Resources=1
Shift/day=1
The utilization for the work center is

Feedback of production information in a company using Kanban is most likely to exclude

In a Kanban facility, production consists of machining or subassembly departments, with one final assembly line. An unit takes 5 days to complete. Department production is most likely reported

Production material is issued upon release of the order and costs are accumulated by department for a customer order based on direct material, direct labor and allocated overhead, direct cost would include

The primary goal of TOC is

A synchronized production principle that determines the size of the production batch as compared to other quantities is that is equal to

Overhead is allocated based on direct labor at a company maintaining a stable workforce with varied production rates. Which of the following incidents most likely occurred when overhead is under absorbed in month 2 as compared to over absorbed in month 1?