CPIM Operations Execution & Continuous Improvement 3

Question 1

A manufacturer tracks OEE on a critical machine. Availability is 90%, Performance is 85%, and Quality is 95%. What is the OEE?

Accepted Answer

72.7%

Answer

OEE = Availability × Performance × Quality = 0.90 × 0.85 × 0.95 ≈ 72.7%.

Question 2

In a lean transformation, 'muda' specifically refers to:

Accepted Answer

Any activity that consumes resources without adding customer value

Answer

Muda is the Japanese term for waste — activities that use resources but create no value from the customer's perspective.

Question 3

Which dispatch rule minimizes the average number of jobs waiting in a queue by always processing the job with the shortest expected processing time first?

Accepted Answer

Shortest processing time (SPT)

Answer

SPT minimizes mean flow time and average work-in-process queue length across a set of jobs.

Question 4

A company adopts a policy of never building product ahead of a customer signal. This is the core principle of:

Accepted Answer

Pull production

Answer

Pull production authorizes production only in response to actual downstream demand or a customer signal.

Question 5

A team performing a kaizen event on a packaging line identifies motion waste. Which of the following BEST describes this type of waste?

Accepted Answer

Unnecessary physical movement by operators that does not add value

Answer

Motion waste refers to unnecessary body movements by workers — reaching, bending, or searching — that add no value.

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CPIM Operations Execution & Continuous Improvement 3