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APICS CPIM-ECO - Execution and Control of Operations

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Total 105 questions

Which of the following benefits is a result of Standardized Work?

A.

Ergonomic repetitive movements

B.

Reduced quality checks

C.

Evolutionary operations

D.

Process stability

Objectives of implementing a work cell include which of the following outcomes?

A.

Increasing worker satisfaction

B.

Organizing resources by raw material type

C.

Implementing standard work

D.

Sharing common equipment

Which of the following terms describes a management technique used to evaluate planned changes to production processes?

A.

Analysis of variance

B.

Theory of constraints

C.

Design of experiments

D.

Design for manufacturability

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The question below is based on the following chart of values relative to upper and lower control limits:

Which of the following types of variation is shown?

A.

Special

B.

Periodic

C.

Common

D.

Assignable

Reducing design cycle time improves which of the following measures?

A.

Production throughput

B.

Return on investment (ROI)

C.

Manufacturability

D.

Quality

A manufacturing facility is considering adopting cellular flow. Which of the following factors is most important to consider?

A.

Availability of shipping methods

B.

Maturity of the product line

C.

Distance to the supplier

D.

Stability of the production schedule

Which of the following activities takes place during prototype production and testing?

A.

Customer acceptance is emphasized.

B.

The complete product is produced in low-volume pilot runs.

C.

Delivery schedules for components and subassemblies are established.

D.

The qualification of suppliers begins.

A company produces a part with a nominal diameter of 2.0 inches and a tolerance of ± 0.006 with a standard deviation of 0.001 inches. A sample has the average diameter of 1.996 inches with a standard deviation of 0.001 inches. What is the CPK and process capability?

A.

0.667, capable

B.

0.667, not capable

C.

0.333, capable

D.

0.333, not capable

If actual demand is consistently slightly lower than planned demand, which of the following outcomes most likely will occur when a firm produces to stock using a functional layout?

A.

Production efficiency will decrease.

B.

Customer service will decrease.

C.

Backlog will increase.

D.

Quality levels will increase.

A company is gathering data as to why the machine is consistently shutting down. What methodology should a company pursue first?

A.

5S

B.

Plan-do-check-act

C.

Kaizen event

D.

Statistical process control