Just in Time
Site Title: | Operations Management, 9/e and Principles of Operations Management, 7/e | Book Title: | Operations Management, 9/e and Principles of Operations Management, 7/e | Location on Site: | Chapter 16: Just-in-Time and Lean Operations > Self-Study Quizzes > Multiple Choice | Date/Time Submitted: | May 5, 2012 at 4:33 PM (UTC/GMT) | | Summary of Results | 24% Correct of 17 Scored items: 4 Correct: | 24% | 13 Incorrect: | 76% | | More information about scoring | | |
| 1. | | JIT is a philosophy of Your Answer: | variability increase. | | Correct Answer: | waste reduction. | | | | INCORRECT. JIT advocates a reduction in variability. | | 2. | | When using kanbans Your Answer: | the kanban cards provide a direct control on the amount of work-in-process between cells. | | | CORRECT. | | 3. | | This action tends to reduce variability. Your Answer: | Production personnel make product before specifications are complete. | | Correct Answer: | Customer demands are made clear. | | | | INCORRECT. This action would tend to increase variability. | | 4. | | An effective JIT effort should result in increased Your Answer: | quality. | | | CORRECT. | | 5. | | Goals of JIT partnerships include Your Answer: | elimination of all activities. | | Correct Answer: | elimination of in-transit inventory. | | | | INCORRECT. JIT strives to eliminate unnecessary activities. | | 6. | | Characteristics of just-in-time suppliers do NOT include Your Answer: | minimal release paperwork. | | Correct Answer: | short-term contract agreements. | | | | INCORRECT. This is a characteristic of a JIT supplier. | | 7. | | A key to just-in-time production is Your Answer: | to rely very heavily upon purchased items rather than in-house production. | | Correct Answer: | the elimination of all inventories. | | | | INCORRECT. Make-or-buy is not a major issue with JIT
| 1. | | JIT is a philosophy of Your Answer: | variability increase. | | Correct Answer: | waste reduction. | | | | INCORRECT. JIT advocates a reduction in variability. | | 2. | | When using kanbans Your Answer: | the kanban cards provide a direct control on the amount of work-in-process between cells. | | | CORRECT. | | 3. | | This action tends to reduce variability. Your Answer: | Production personnel make product before specifications are complete. | | Correct Answer: | Customer demands are made clear. | | | | INCORRECT. This action would tend to increase variability. | | 4. | | An effective JIT effort should result in increased Your Answer: | quality. | | | CORRECT. | | 5. | | Goals of JIT partnerships include Your Answer: | elimination of all activities. | | Correct Answer: | elimination of in-transit inventory. | | | | INCORRECT. JIT strives to eliminate unnecessary activities. | | 6. | | Characteristics of just-in-time suppliers do NOT include Your Answer: | minimal release paperwork. | | Correct Answer: | short-term contract agreements. | | | | INCORRECT. This is a characteristic of a JIT supplier. | | 7. | | A key to just-in-time production is Your Answer: | to rely very heavily upon purchased items rather than in-house production. | | Correct Answer: | the elimination of all inventories. | | | | INCORRECT. Make-or-buy is not a major issue with JIT