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A series of exercises and questions related to capacity planning in production management. It covers key concepts such as capacity requirements planning, load reports, utilization, efficiency, and rated capacity. A practical approach to understanding and applying these concepts through real-world scenarios and calculations.
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__________ is responsible for determining the capacity required and with methods of making the capacity available. - Answer Capacity planning
A report that shows the future capacity requirements based on released and planned orders for each time period of the plan is called: - Answer Load report
A work center was available for work 80 hours, produced 74 standard hours of work and actually worked 67 hours. What is the efficiency of the work center? - Answer 110.
In one week a work center produced 130 standard hours of work. The actual hours worked was 114. The efficiency is: - Answer 114
(Available time) X (Utilization) X (Efficiency) is called: - Answer Formula for Rated Capacity (standard hours)
One hundred units of part A are to be processed on a work center. The setup time is 2 hours and the run time per piece is 10 minutes. The total standard time will be - Answer 1120
Available capacity in production planning is: - Answer The quantity of work that can be performed in a given period of time
Rated capacity is calculated taking into account work center ________ and ________. - Answer utilization efficiency
The ratio of standard hours of work produced to hours actually worked is called: - Answer efficiency
A work center consists of 2 machines working 8 hours a day and 5 days a week. Historically, utilization has been 80% and the efficiency 90%. The effective capacity, to the nearest hour, would be: - Answer 58
Information on the standard times for an operation will be found in: - Answer routing file
Which of the following is NOT an input needed in capacity requirements planning? - Answer rough cut capacity
A ________ shows the capacity required at each work center based on planned and released orders for each time period of the plan. - Answer load
__________ is responsible for capacity planning at the master production schedule level and _____ at the material requirements planning level: - Answer II. Rough-cut capacity planning.
III. Capacity requirements planning.
Over the previous three weeks a work center produced 36, 43, and 35 standard hours of
work. What is the measured capacity? - Answer 38
Determining the need for labor, machines, and resources to meet the production objectives of the firm is called: - Answer capacity planning
In the short run, capacity can be altered by any of the following EXCEPT: - Answer purchasing new equipment
Which of the following is the best statement? - Answer Open shop orders appear as scheduled receipts in the MRP
Information on queue and wait time can be obtained from the work center file
The available capacity will be influenced by: - Answer I. Product specification.
II. Product mix.
Work effort.
________ are generated by the priority planning system and involve the translation of the priorities, generally given in units of product or some common unit, into hours of work required at each work center in each time period: - Answer Capacity requirements
In one week a work center produces 130 standard hours of work. The hours scheduled are 120, and 105 hours are actually worked. The utilization is: - Answer 87.
The available capacity will be influenced by: - Answer The quantity of work that can be performed in a given period of time
__________ is responsible for capacity planning at the master production schedule level and _____ at the material requirements planning level: - Answer Rough-cut capacity planning.
III. Capacity requirements planning.