6.

the three elements of JIT are: just-in-time manufacturing, total quality management, andA: respect for people
8. Under Kanban production, the communication between two work centers is usually accomplished by
A: a card attached to a container
9. For which of the following Jit manufacturing principals the reduction of setup times is crucial?
A: Small lot production
10. Which of the following facility layouts is considered one of the key elements of JIT manufacturing
A: Cellular layout
11. Which of the following is not a key element of JIT supplier relationships?
A: at least five suppliers for each critical part of the component
12. In a supply chain, a supplier that provides materials or services to a supplier of the processing facility
is called
A: a tier two supplier
13. Early supplier involvement refers to the involvement of critical suppliers in
A: new product design
14. what is the common term for a long-term relationship of a manufacturer with a supplier based on
mutual trust, shared vision, shared information, and shared risks?
A: Partnering
15. which of the following is typically not one of the difficulties caused by globalization of supply chains?
A: Much higher manufacturing costs
16. a companys acquisition r control of its channels of distribution is called
A: Forward integration
17. which of the following is not one of the functions of distribution warehouse?
A: Long-term storage
18. all of the following are true for all forecasting methods except
A: All forecasting methods rely on statistical analysis of historical data
19. if a restaurants peak sales are always on Fridays and Saturdays then which basic patterns of a time
series data is present in its daily sales data?
A: Seasonality
20. which of the following forecasting techniques is not a series model?

A: linear regression
21. a qualitative forecasting method seeking to each a consensus among a panel of experts while
maintaining their anonymity is called
A: Delphi method
22. which of the following is not one of the four common patterns of a time series?
A: spiral
23. increasing the value of the constant (alpha) in exponential smoothing would result in forecasts that
are more
A: responsive
24. which of the following is not used to track forecasting accuracy over time?
A: Average outgoing Quality (AOQ)
25. the seasonal index for a given season is calculated by
A: dividing the actual demand for the season by the average demand per season
26. suppose that Sallys company uses exponential smoothing to make forecasts. Further suppose that
last periods demand forecast was for 21,000 units and last periods actual demand was 20,000 units.
Sallys company uses a smoothing constant (alpha) equal to 00.4. what should be the forecast for the
current period?
A: 20,600
If the replenishment lead time is 5 days, what is the minimum number of units that must be in inventory
when a replenishment order is placed so that there will be no shortage?
A: 800 units