Response to the following :
1. The stepping-stone method is used to:
a. obtain an initial (1st) solution.
b. balance source supply and destination demand.
c. evaluate occupied cells (routes) for possible cost reductions.
d. evaluate empty cells (routes) for possible cost reductions.
2. Which of the following statements is true?
a. evaluation paths selected must be as short as possible.
b. evaluation paths may contain diagonal move-ments.
c. occupied cells may not be bypassed if turningmovements are desired.
d. all occupied cells of each solution must be eval-uated.
3. The intent of the load-distance model is:
a. to minimize the number of workers.
b. to minimize idle time per cycle.
c. to minimize materials and / or information movement costs within a process layout.
d. none of the above.
4. Which of the statements about line-balancing is true?
a. if a precedence relationship exists between tasks A and B, they cannot be assigned to the same work station.
b. if a line's balance delay factor is maximized, its efficiency is maximized.
c. the theoretical minimum number of work stations can never be achieved, hence the name "theoretical".
d. if the cycle time is reduced, productivity will increase.
5. In the transportation problem, the number of cells in an evaluation path should always be an odd number such as "5", "7", or "9".
TRUE
FALSE
6. One of the limitations of the transportation algorithm is that it cannot minimize shipping costs between two levels of the supply chain.
TRUE
FALSE
7. In problem one, the tasks assigned to work station ‘one' are:
a. A,C
b. A,C,E
c. A,C,D
d. none of the above.
8. In problem one, the tasks assigned to work station ‘two' are:
a. E,D
b. E,F
c. E,D or E,F
d. F,B,H,D
9. In problem two, the evaluation number for empty cell ‘A-3' is:
a. - 4
b. +4
c. -10
d. +10
e. none of the above
10. In problem two, the evaluation number for empty cell ‘B-1' is:
a. - 9
b. +9
c. -7
d. +7
e. none of the above
11. In problem two, the evaluation number for empty cell ‘B-3' is:
a. - 4
b. +4
c. - 3
d. +3
e. none of the above
12. In problem three, the evaluation number for empty cell ‘A-4' is:
a. +2
b. -32
c. +15
d. -15
e. none of the above
13. In problem three, the new allocation for cell ‘A-4' is:
a. 15
b. 20
c. 25
d. 30
e. none of the above.
14. In problem three, the new allocation for cell ‘C-2' is:
a. 15
b. 20
c. 25
d. 30
e. none of the above.
15. In problem three, the new allocation for cell ‘A-2" is:
a. 15
b. 20
c. 25
d. 30
e. none of the above.
16. In problem four, the ‘ X ‘ coordinate for the new central distribution center is:
a. 9.67
b. 14.00
c. 15.67
d. none of the above.
17. In problem four, the ‘ Y ‘ coordinate for the new central distribution center is:
a. 9.67
b. 14.00
c. 15.67
d. none of the above.
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