CPT Production Planning & Scheduling Flashcards
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Which production planning document authorizes the shop floor to begin manufacturing a specific quantity of a part?
Answer: Work Order (WO)
A work order is the formal authorization document that triggers shop floor activity for a defined quantity and due date.
In finite capacity scheduling, what happens when a machine's available capacity is exceeded?
Answer: Jobs are rescheduled or rerouted to stay within capacity limits
Finite capacity scheduling respects real capacity limits and adjusts job timing or routing rather than overloading a resource.
Safety stock is primarily used to protect against:
Answer: Variability in demand and supply lead time
Safety stock acts as a buffer inventory to absorb unexpected fluctuations in customer demand or supplier delivery variability.
A production planner uses the Critical Ratio (CR) to prioritize jobs. A job with a CR less than 1.0 indicates:
Answer: The job is behind schedule and needs expediting
A critical ratio below 1.0 means time remaining is less than the work remaining, signaling the job is late or at risk of being late.
Which of the following best describes a mixed-model production schedule?
Answer: Interleaving different product variants in a sequence to level demand
Mixed-model scheduling sequences different variants throughout the day to level workload, reduce batch sizes, and match actual customer demand patterns.
Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP) is performed after MRP to:
Answer: Verify that planned work orders can be completed within available machine and labor capacity
CRP translates MRP-generated work orders into capacity loads and compares them against available capacity to identify overloads or underloads.
A planner observes that actual cycle time consistently exceeds standard cycle time on one workstation. The most appropriate first step is to:
Answer: Investigate the root cause of the cycle time variance
Root cause analysis should precede any corrective action to ensure the solution addresses the actual problem rather than masking it.