Gantt charts are used for
Forecasting sales
Production schedule
Scheduling and routing
Linear programming
Correct Answer :
B. Production schedule
Related Questions
PERT stands for
Programme Estimation and Reporting Technique
Process Estimation and Review Technique
Programme Evaluation and Review Technique
Planning Estimation and Resulting Technique
Pessimistic time is
The maximum time which an activity might require
The average time required for a job
The most probable time considering all conditions
The minimum time in which an activity can possibly be accomplished
The main disadvantage of line organisation is
Top level executives have to do excessive work
Structure is rigid
Communication delays occur
All of the above
The amount deducted from the salary of workers towards employees provident fund is
Credited into reserves of company
Deposited in nationalised bank
Deposited in post office
Deposited in the account of worker with Provident Fund Commissioner
Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as
Line organisation
Line and staff organisation
Functional organisation
Effective organisation
Choose the wrong statement. Motion study is used for
Improving a work method
Improvising a work method
Designing a work method
Reducing inventory costs
The important file in making a PERT is
An event can't be accomplished until activities leading to it are completed
No activity from any event can be started from preceding event till it is completed
Length of arrow has nothing to do with time
All of the above
Work study is concerned with
Improving present method and finding standard time
Motivation of workers
Improving production capability
Improving production planning and control
The interchangeability can be achieved by
Standardisation
Better process planning
Bonus plan
Better product planning
'Value' for value engineering and analysis purposes is defined as
Purchase value
Saleable value
Depreciated value
Function/cost
The first method invented for planning projects was
Bar chart method
Milestone chart
Critical path method (CPM)
Programme evaluation and review technique (PERT)
The process capability of a machine is defined as the capability of the machine to
Produces a definite volume of work per minute
Perform definite number of operations
Produce job at a definite spectrum of speed
Holds a definite spectrum of tolerance and surface finish
Work study comprises following main techniques
Method study and work measurement
Method study and time study
Time study and work measurement
Method study and job evaluation
Which of the following organisation is preferred in automobile industry?
Functional organisation
Line organisation
Staff organisation
Line and staff organisations
Inventory management consists of
Effective running of stores
State of merchandise methods of storing and maintenance etc.
Stock control system
All of the above
Scheduling gives information about
When work should start and how much work should be completed during a certain period
When work should complete
That how idle time can be minimized
Proper utilisation of machines
In a PERT chart
All activities should be numbered
Only important activities should be numbered
Only critical activities are numbered
Only selected activities are numbered
If (R) is the base rate guaranteed per hour, (S) is the standard time for the job and (T) is the actual time, then according to Rowan plan, wages for the job will be
TR
TR + [(S - T)/2] × R
TR + (S - T) × R
TR + [(S - T)/S] × R
In Emerson's efficiency plan of wage incentive system, bonus is paid to a worker
Whose output exceeds 67% efficiency
On the percentage of time saved
On the percentage of time worked
On the percentage of standard time
The type of layout used for manufacturing steam turbines, is
Product layout
Process layout
Fixed position layout
Any one of these
In ABC control policy, maximum attention is given to
Those items which consume money
Those items which are not readily available
Those × items which are in more demand
Those items which consume more money
Critical path moves along the activities having total float of
Positive value
Negative value
Zero value
Same value
A critical activity has
Maximum slack
Minimum slack
Zero slack
Average slack
Pick up the correct statement about relationship between various floats
Free float = total float
Independent float = total float
Independent float > free float
Independent float < free float
Value engineering aims at finding out the
Depreciation value of a product
Resale value of a product
Major function of the item and accomplishing the same at least cost without change in quality
Breakeven point when machine requires change
Bin card is used in
Administrative wing
Workshop
Foundry shop
Stores
In queuing theory, the nature of the waiting situation can be studied and analysed mathematically if
Complete details of items in, waiting line are known
Arrival and waiting times are known and can be grouped to form a waiting line model
All variables and constants are known and form a linear equation
The laws governing arrivals, service times, and the order in which the arriving units are taken into source are known
Micro-motion study is
Enlarged view of motion study
Analysis of one stage of motion study
Minute and detailed motion study
Subdivision of an operation into therbligs and their analysis
Product layout is also known as
Analytical layout
Synthetic layout
Static product layout
None of these
In Halsey 50-50 plan, output standards are established
By time study
From previous production records
From one's judgement
All of the above