Process Analysis & Theory of Contraints

Assignment – A

1 .Explain the meaning of process analysis & process-based management.
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2 .Explain the Interface of process analysis with other disciplines    
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3 .Explain the process of benchmarking in detail.
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Assignment – B
What do you understand by DBR? Discuss its approach & scheduling 
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What do you understand by synchronous manufacturing? Discuss the Symptoms of poor synchronization. 
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3. Elaborate the Problem Associated With Company’s Existing Scheduling Technique
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Assignment – C

Question No.  1    
What is Critical chain project management (CCPM) is a method of planning and ……………….. projects?    
Options    
Managing
handling
supervision 
administration
Question No.  2    
………………………… can determine a size of project, feeding, and resource buffers.    
Options    
Critical chain methodology
Process chain methodology
Event chain methodology 
None of Above
Question No.  3    
The transition from the traditional silo-based business paradigm to supply chain management requires ………………. changes in organizational structures, cultures, and business strategy.    
Options        
Controllable & Dynamic
Traumatic
Never changed & controllable  
Static & Stable
Question No.  4    
Critical chain project management is based on methods and algorithms derived from ……………………………………….    
 Options    
Theory of Constraints
Throughput Accounting
Event chain methodology  
Process chain methodology
Question No.  
 DBR methodology provides a mechanism for protecting total throughput of the system by the use of Time-buffers?     
Options    
True 
False
Question No.  6    
Theory in operations has undergone significant change in the past ……………. with a shift from an economics cost based view    
 Options        
40 years
50 years
70 years  
90 years
Question No.  7    
The benefit of clearly communicating the project status through buffer management and regular reporting was acknowledged as key to gaining what was referred to as ‘ ………………………… information’ across the project    
 Options    
TA
TOC
SIT 
JIT
Question No.  8    
Critical chain is an alternative to ……………………………    
 Options        
Process analysis
critical path analysis
Scenario  
Environment
Question No.  9    
ICT is nothing more than a ………………… for supply chain transformations and is not a solution for such transformations.    
Options        
Storage
accelerator
catalyst 
Strategizing
Question No.  10    
The cumulative capability model emerged and subsequently led to theoretical models that encompass flow, trade-offs and continuous.    
Options    
Customer
Mediator
Expert 
Cumulative
Question No.  11    
The choice of process flow can depend on what stage in the product life cycle the firm is at?       
Options        
Economic Activity
Sale Activity
Retail Activity
Logistics Activity
Question No.  12    
A …………………….. is an organized way of collecting and structuring data, its purpose is to collect the facts in the most efficient way:     
Options        
Histogram
Dots or Tally
Check Sheet 
Control Charts
Question No.  13
The ……………………discipline develops and maintains the supporting artifacts that are used during Analysis and Design.    
Options    
Requirement
Environment
Test
Organizational
Question No.  14    
The ……………………… is a tool for analyzing the relationship between the product life cycle and the technological life cycle    
 
Options    
product-process matrix
Process Analysis
Product Based Management  
Process Selection
Question No.  15
A process flow structure generally falls into two categories: it can be either a job shop or a flow shop?    
Options        
Incomplete statement
Not a justified statement
False 
True
Question No.  16    
A …………………………. is the characteristic of a given product that causes the buyer to purchase it rather than the similar product of a competitor.    
Options        
Distinctive competence
Competitors
Management
Organization
Question No.  17    
The continuous flow process is similar to the …………………….. as it has a fixed sequence and a set pace    
Options        
Life cycle
Process line
Product line
Assembly line
Question No.  18    
The choice of process flow can depend on the …………in the product life cycle the firm is at?    
Options    
World
Stage
Level 
Class
Question No.  19    
………… is an integral part of merchandising    
Options    
Money
Sales Promotion
Storage 
Strategising
Question No.  20    
Job shop process are sometimes referred to as ‘…………………..’.    
Options        
Customer shops
Retail Shops
Medicinal shops  
Sweat shops
Question No.  21    
A company should …………… focus on productivity and price recovery to be as profitable as possible    
Options        
Mutually
Independently
Inter-dependably 
Universally
Question No.  22    
…………………. is in industrial engineering generally defined as the relation of output (i.e. produced goods) to input (i.e. used resources) in the manufacturing transformation process.    
Options        
Productivity
Profitability
Performance 
Production
Question No.  23    
………………… is strongly influenced by the prices a company pays for its input and receives for its output     
Options        
Productivity
Profitability
Performance
Production
Question No.  24    
There is no sense in denying that productivity and profitability are interdependent, but it is also a fact that they do not always go hand in hand    
Options        
Incomplete statement
Not a justified statement
False 
True
Question No.  25    
Fast operations reduce the level of in-process inventory between micro operations, as well as reducing administrative overhead.    
Options        
Incomplete statement
Not a justified statement
False 
True
Question No.  26    
………………………… can be described as an important aid to making judgements and to making decisions.     
Options        
Performance measurement
Performance Evaluation 
Performance Scheduling  
Performance Management
Question No.  27    
The …………………. includes financial performance measures giving the results of actions already taken     
Options        
The Sink and Tuttle framework
TOPP
Performance Pyramid 
Balanced scorecard
Question No.  28    
Shorter cycle times suggest delivering value to the organization quickly and do not have money unnecessarily tied up in ………….. (Unreleased code).     
Options        
Account     
Inventory
Level 
Record
Question No.  29    
Throughput is the rate at which a system achieves its goal.    
Options        
Cycle time 
Throughput
Setup time  
Lead time
Question No.  30    
 ………………… is the time from the moment the customer places an order (the moment you learn of the requirement) to the moment it is ready for delivery’.    
Options        
Cycle time 
Throughput
Setup time 
Lead time
Question No.  31    
What is Theory of constraints (TOC)?    
Options        
systems-management philosophy
Retail Management  philosophy
Logistics Management Activity 
Organizational activity
Question No.  32    
The Theory of Constraints is a methodology for identifying the most important …………………….:    
Options    
Fixed factor
Variable factor
Limiting factor 
None of Above
Question No.  33    
……………….capacity is an excess amount of production capacity that is assembled in the work stations that are positioned upstream from the constraint operation.    
Options    
Spring
Sprint
Smart    
Saturated
Question No.  34    

Application of conventional accounting may actually …………….. throughput and profits.    
Options        
Decrease
Increase
Improve 
Downfall
Question No.  35    
Constraints accounting is an accounting reporting technique, consistent with a process of ongoing improvement and implementation of TOC     
Options    
Not applicable
Un-justified
False
True
Question No.  36    
Major assumption of TA is that once a certain capacity level exists, all the operating expenses associated with it are no longer ……………………………..    
Options        
Actionable or changeable
Dominant 
Operational 
Functional
Question No.  37    
      TOC’s critical chain concept removes the implicit assumption of infinite capacity from the …………… management domain    
Options        
Functional
Geographical
Mathematical
Project
Question No.  38    
The ……………………… tree helps identify the obstacles to implementation    
Options        
Transition
Prerequisite
Future reality 
Current reality
Question No.  39    
Traditional finished goods inventory, as well as excess work-in-process and excess raw materials inventories, are liabilities in the ………….. world.    
Options        
LTP
TA
TOC 
None of above

Question No.  40    
Most of the constraints faced in systems originate from policies, not physical things.    
Options    
in-appropriate
Not justified
Incorrect 
Correct