STUDY OUTLINE FOR CHAPTER 6
PROCESS SELECTION AND FACILITY LAYOUT
1. What is process selection?
2. What are the key aspects of process selection strategy?
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3. What are the key questions in process selection?
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4. What three kinds of technology is operations management most concerned with?
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5. What are the five process types?
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6. What is product profiling and why is it important?
7. Explain these terms:
Sustainable production of goods and services
Lean process design
8. What advantages does automation have over human labor?
9. What are the two key reasons decision makers choose flexibility as a process strategy?
10. What is the basic objective of layout design?
11. What are the supporting objectives in layout design?
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12. What are the two basic layout types?
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13. Briefly describe a product layout.
14. What are some benefits (advantages) of a product layout?
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15. What are the primary disadvantages of a product layout?
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16. What are some advantages of a U-shaped line?
17. Briefly describe a process layout.
18. What are the advantages of a process layout?
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19. What are the disadvantages of a process layout?
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20. What is a fixed position layout, and when is it used?
21. What is cellular production and what are its benefits?
22. What are the biggest challenges of implementing cellular manufacturing?
23. Briefly explain these terms:
SMED
group technology?
24. Define these terms associated with product layouts:
line balancing
cycle time
precedence diagram
25. What are the information requirements for the design of process layouts?
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26. Explain how closeness ratings are used in a process layout.
27. What are the Key Points of the chapter.
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