Goals of JIT partnerships include

• A) Elimination of all in-plant inventories
• B) Elimination of all activities
• C) Elimination of in-transit inventory
• D) Complete backwards vertical integration

The applications of lean manufacturing include the followings:

• A) All of the given
• B) Lean Systems in Defense Industry
• C) Lean Software Manufacturing
• D) Lean Healthcare Systems

When operations managers use kanbans in the organization then:

• A) Each push station can require only one re supply component
• B) The kanban cards provide a direct control on the amount of work in process between cells
• C) Each pull station can require only one re supply component
• D) The producer and user are not in visual contact, a light or empty spot on the floor should be used as a signal

The optimal order quantity shows a trade-off between which one of the following sets of costs?

• A) Carrying costs and ordering costs
• B) Carrying costs and stock out costs
• C) Carrying costs and setup costs
• D) Carrying costs and shortage costs

Capacity options are focused on:

• A) Promotion
• B) Matching demand period by period
• C) New demand
• D) Backorders

Which one of the following concepts refers to achieve the lowest average total cost per unit when a large quantity is ordered?

• A) Economic order quantity
• B) Master production schedule
• C) Material requirements planning
• D) Economies of scale

Which of the following is NOT MRP output?

• A) Changes in dates and order
• B) Order releases
• C) Planned orders
• D) Scheduled receipts

How can you compute the cost of subcontracting?

• A) Subcontracting cost per unit + subcontracted quantity
• B) Subcontracting cost per unit /subcontracted quantity
• C) Subcontracting cost per unit – subcontracted quantity
• D) Subcontracting cost per unit × subcontracted quantity

Which of the following refers to the time interval between order placement and its fulfillment?

• A) Stock time
• B) Cycle time
• C) Setup time
• D) Lead time

The central themes that the surrounding Just-In-Time (JIT) system is:

• A) Simplicity, quality, elimination of waste
• B) Simplicity, quality, increase of waste
• C) Complexity, quality, increase of waste
• D) All of the given

_______ is the demand that occurs because the quantity required is a function of the demand for other items held in inventory

• A) Scheduled demand
• B) None of the above
• C) Dependent demand
• D) Independent demand

Which of the following is TRUE about a periodic review?

• A) Ordering inventory at a fixed and regular time interval
• B) Ordering inventory at a predetermined re-order level
• C) Ordering inventory to supplier as per requirement
• D) Ordering inventory when it falls below the safety stock level

Which of the following is NOT an assumption of EOQ model?

• A) Annual demand requirements are known
• B) Multiple products are involved
• C) Delivery lead time does not vary
• D) There are no quantity discounts

What would be the total backorder cost if 800 units of a product ‘A’ are ordered back where the back order cost is Rs. 8 per unit?

• A) Rs. 792
• B) Rs. 100
• C) Rs. 6400
• D) Rs. 808

Which of the following is NOT a secondary report of MRP?

• A) Exception reports
• B) Lead reports
• C) Planning report
• D) Performance control report

Which of the following is not among a JIT inventory tactic?

• A) Reduction in variability
• B) Consistently receive and store deliveries at the same point in the warehouse
• C) Reduction in setup time
• D) Reduction in lot size

Which of the followings can be considered as true for the JIT philosophy?

• A) JIT is also known as lean production
• B) JIT operates with very little “fat”
• C) JIT is the true pull (demand) system
• D) All of the given

Which of the following is an advantage of perpetual inventory system?

• A) Fixed order quantity
• B) Economies in shipping orders
• C) Low cost of record keeping
• D) Periodic review of inventory

Which one of the following mathematical expressions can be used to compute annual ordering cost?

• A) D+Q+S
• B) (D/S)Q
• C) (D+Q)S
• D) (D/Q)S

Which of the following factors are important for choosing a strategy for aggregate planning?

• A) Company policy and layout decision
• B) Company policy and capacity options
• C) Cost and company policy
• D) Cost and layout decision