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Layout design has many objectives, one of which is:

A)  reduce bottlenecks.
B)  move materials and workers simultaneously.
C)  use workers and space efficiently.
D)  hold material handling costs to 27 percent or less.
E)  install computer terminals every 500 feet.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Which of the following is not true about process layouts when they are compared to product layouts?

A)  higher in-process inventories
B)  lower span of supervision
C)  lower rates of output
D)  more involved cost accounting
E)  lower unit costs

F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

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QRS Corp. is designing a product layout for a new product. They plan to use this production line 10 hours a day in order to meet forecasted demand of 900 units per day. The following table describes the tasks necessary to produce this product: For output to equal forecasted demand, what will be the second task performed at the second workstation of the production line that uses the fewest number of stations?

The type of layout in which workers, materials, and equipment are moved to the product as needed is:

Balance delay is another name for the percentage of idle time in a process layout.

The type of processing system which is used for highly standardized products is:

Continuous processing is the best way to produce customized output.

In some service industries, facility layout may influence sales volume and customer attitudes.

A company needs to locate three departments (X, Y, and Z) in the three areas (I, II, and III) of a new facility. They want to minimize interdepartmental transportation costs, which are expected to be $.50 per load meter moved. An analyst has prepared the following flow and distance matrices: Which layout will minimize the total distance loads will be moved each week?

A cafeteria line would be an example of a process-focused layout.

Although they do not guarantee optimal solutions, ______________ are useful in finding reasonable solutions when the number of possible options is overwhelming.

The percentage of idle time in an assembly line is called cycle time.

Which of these items would be most likely to be made with a fixed-position layout?

An advantage of a U-shaped production line is that:

Cellular layouts are associated with:

In a product layout, the task of deciding how to assign work to specific stations is referred to as:

A layout in which workstations are grouped based on the operations needed to perform work on a set of similar items, or part families, is a:

The maker of the world-famous Chocolate Chip Cookies needs to design a product layout for a new product, Mint Chocolate Chip. The company plans to use this new production line eight hours a day in order to meet projected demand of 1,440 cases per day. The following table describes the tasks involved in the production of a case of Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies. For output to equal projected demand, what is the theoretical minimum number of workstations needed?

The maker of the world-famous Chocolate Chip Cookies needs to design a product layout for a new product, Mint Chocolate Chip. The company plans to use this new production line eight hours a day in order to meet projected demand of 1,440 cases per day. The following table describes the tasks involved in the production of a case of Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies. For output to equal projected demand, what will be the efficiency of the production line that uses the theoretical minimum number of workstations?

A company needs to locate three departments (X, Y, and Z) in the three areas (I, II, and III) of a new facility. They want to minimize interdepartmental transportation costs, which are expected to be $.50 per load per meter moved. An analyst has prepared the following distances and flow matrices: How many least costly process layouts are there?