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CPT Production Planning & Scheduling Flashcards

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  1. A production scheduler notices that a machine has been down for 4 hours unexpectedly. Which metric is most directly impacted?

    Answer: Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

    OEE measures availability, performance, and quality, so unplanned downtime directly reduces the availability component of OEE.

  2. In a pull-based production system, work orders are released based on:

    Answer: Signals from downstream consumption or demand

    Pull systems release production work only when downstream processes signal a need, preventing overproduction.

  3. Which scheduling technique assigns jobs to machines by processing the shortest job first?

    Answer: Shortest Processing Time (SPT)

    SPT prioritizes the job with the least processing time, minimizing average flow time and work-in-process.

  4. A plant produces 500 units per 8-hour shift. The takt time is 1 minute per unit. If a bottleneck station can only produce 420 units per shift, what is the best immediate action?

    Answer: Add overtime or a second operator at the bottleneck

    Adding capacity at the bottleneck directly addresses the constraint limiting throughput to below customer takt requirements.

  5. What does a Gantt chart primarily display in a production scheduling context?

    Answer: The sequence and timing of jobs across resources

    A Gantt chart shows tasks or jobs plotted against a time axis, illustrating when each job runs on each resource.

  6. When calculating net requirements in MRP, which formula is correct?

    Answer: Net Requirements = Gross Requirements − On-Hand Inventory − Scheduled Receipts

    MRP subtracts available inventory (on-hand plus scheduled receipts) from gross requirements to determine what still needs to be produced or ordered.

  7. A company changes from monthly to weekly production planning cycles. Which benefit is most likely?

    Answer: Faster response to demand changes

    Shorter planning cycles allow the schedule to be updated more frequently, enabling quicker reactions to changes in customer demand or supply disruptions.