PPC Exam

The following is not determined through MRP:

The following is not considered when releasing orders on the shop floor?

In aggregate Planning, in a basic model without product mix using LP, if demand exceeds capacity in every period...

What is BOM ?

Overtime will usually add:

Which lot-sizing technique aims to have zero inventory ?

The following can be considered a backordering cost except:

Job tardiness is:

In a production schedule, a job is broken down into tasks/ operations based on:

What is the goal of lot sizing ?

Producing the same amount of product each period can be expressed as:

In the context of MRP, which of the following would be considered an input to the system ?

The following approaches will result in differences in lot size within a year except:

The following lot-sizing approach is not heuristic:

Which of the following is not an input of MRP ?

Which of the following decision variables is not used in workforce planning using LP?

What is capacity utilization rate ?

These are input information for aggregate planning using LP except ?

What is the goal of aggregate planning ?

In aggregate Planning, in a basic model without product mix using LP, if demand is less than capacity in every period...

Which of the following mathematical expressions represents a lot for lot production strategy ?

Having a larger π means:

To which industry type does MRP give the least benefits to?

What indicator is used to measure the peformance of a production line in capacity planning ?

Having a lower π means:

Which variable is used to calculate the unit cost of economies of scale with facility switches ?

What are drawbacks to MRP ?

Aggregate Planning can be used with the following methods:

The following comprise the triangle of production objectives except?

What is the objective of aggregate planning ?

Which term refers to the period of time for which production will be implemented ?

What is the file containing a production schedule with detailed period resolution ?

Many scheduling problems are NP-complete because they:

Which of the following is a representation of how the silver-meal model works ?

To define the parameter P (first parameter) for ARIMA/ SARIMA, we need to consider ?

Open shop is different to job shop due to:

Which method is used to evaluate different alternatives for capacity planning at the factory/ enterprise level?

Slack time is:

Which part of the LP model will change if we have a yield loss ?