Mgtop 340 The Goal questions – Flashcards
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At the beginning of the story, which of the following is not true
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False: Most Machines are old True: Union 3 reasonable workers Workers are competent materials are available a good market exists for their products Inventory is high
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Which three measurements does Jonah suggest that are most useful for both expressing the goal of making money and permitting one to develop operational rules for running the plant?
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Throughput Inventory operational expense
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What is the name of the person who manages inventory control at the plant?
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Stacy
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When Alex Rogo is first introduced who is parked in his spot when he arrives at work?
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Bill Peach
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Alex Rogo learns about manufacturing processes by watching a boy scout hike. In his analogy what does the amount of trail between the first and last hiker represent?
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Inventory
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According to Jonah throughput is the rate at which the system generated money through:
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Sales
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How long did Peach gives Rogo to turn the plant around
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3 months
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In alex's mind what feature of the boy scout hike what feature of the boy scout hike was aralogons? represented throughout
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The rate at which the last hiker walk the trailer (slowest walker)
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How did the company handle order #41427
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Fixed the machine and worked overtime
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How did Alex's father die?
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Run over by a bus
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Unicon's policies are based on the assumption that higher efficiencies always lead to lower costs per part. Which of the following implications of max. efficiencies at the plant?
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Very high efficiencies imply more inventory which implies higher costs
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What is Jonah's educational background
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Business
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Before Alex's 3 months "probation" period has ended what happens to his "enemy" Hilton Smyth
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He gets promoted to division productivity manager
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Which characters leave his/her spouse to stay with his/her parents?
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Julie
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QC Manager?
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Non Bob Donovan
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According to Jonah what determines effective capacity of the plant?
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The bottleneck called NCX-10
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After Alex's wife leaves him, what does he ask out on a date?
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Julie
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Foreman Mike Haley believes that he can accomplish if he could get some engineering assistance?
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Build a new more efficient furnace
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In general what is the best way to allocate capacity with a production line?
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Place the stations in increasing order of excess capacity (i.e. least capacity at front of line and most capacity at base)
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Jonah recommended:
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Balance flow with demand
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Where is Jonah's country of origin?
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Isreal
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According to Jonah which of his three measurements would include carrying costs?
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Operational expenses
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During the boy scout hike, which if the following is one reason why herbie did not move quickly
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He brought too much food
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Who was the supervisor responsible for the heat-treat furnaces?
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Ted Spencer
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Who stays with Alex and took care of Alex's kids after Julie left?
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Alex's mother
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In general what is the best way to allocate capacity within a production line
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Place the stations increasing order of excess capacity (i.e least capacity at the beginning of the line, most capacity at the end)
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How many kids does Alex Rogo have?
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3
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Two bottlenecks were initially identified at the plant, name one, give example of that bottleneck running ineffectively
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NCX-10, its not efficient because the workers don't leave the machine running on breaks or lunch?
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Which of the following was not implemented to improve the bottlenecks
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Buy a new machine for each of the bottlenecks to improve capacity
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What is true about the plant
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The union is reasonable to work w/ Workers are "impatient"? materials are available a good market crisis-further products inventory is high
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How do Julie and the author like the town Berington?
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Julie doesn't like the town but the author likes it
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According to Jonah which is the only way to create excess inventories
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By having excess manpower
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Jonah states: "A plant in which everyone is working all the time is very..
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inefficient
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How many years does Alex work with Bill Peach and how does Alex know about Bill Peach
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Alex worked with Peach for a lot of years and therefor knows Peach pretty well
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What is Johnny Jons' opinion about Dick Pashky
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Dick is dedicated professional and has a lot of innovative approaches
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According to Alex to what extent is the plant improved
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The plant is now capable of delivering everything within two weeks and no orders are missed
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Who flies to visit the plant after hours
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Jonah
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What is causing the NCX-10 to run inefficiently
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It is idle during breaks and lunch
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A foreman on third shift (Mike Hanley) suggested an improvement to Alex Rogo on how to improve the heat treat department, what was the primary goal he was trying to implement?
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Reduce setup time
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According to Jonah, instead of balancing capacity with demand, the demand should be balanced with
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Flow of product
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When considering buying a new super computer, Alex gives his opinion about data management. What is Alex opinion about data management
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Data management alone can not give them more control
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According to Hilton by the end of the day how many pieces of sub-aaemblies need to be finished
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100
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Why did Alex give a phone call to Jonah
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Alex perceived a problem with the bottlenecks in the plant
