Material handling and plant location is analysed by
Gantt chart
Bin chart
Emerson chart
Travel chart
Correct Answer :
D. Travel chart
Related Questions
Critical path on PERT/CPM chart is obtained by joining the events having
Maximum slack
Minimum slack
Average slack
No slack
Merit rating is the method of determining the
Relative values of a job
Workers performance on a job
Worth of a machine
Value of overall production
PERT analysis is based upon
Optimistic time
Pessimistic time
Most likely time
All of these
Which of the following organisations is best suited for steel plants
Functional organisation
Line organisation
Staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisations
The time of completing a project in network analysis is given by following time of the critical activity meeting at the final triode
Early finish
Early start
Late start
Late finish
Slack represents the difference between the
Latest allowable time and the normal expected time
Latest allowable time and the earliest expected time
Proposed allowable time and the earliest expected time
Normal allowable time and the latest expected time
A feasible solution to the linear programming problem should
Satisfy the problem constraints
Optimise the objective function
Satisfy the problem constraints and non-negativity restrictions
Satisfy the non-negativity restrictions
Product layout is employed for
Batch production
Continuous production
Effective utilization of machine
All of the above
A critical activity has
Maximum slack
Minimum slack
Zero slack
Average slack
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following
An activity of the project is denoted by an arrow on the net work
The tail of the arrow indicates the start of the activity
The head of the arrow indicates the end of the activity
The arrows are drawn (to scale from) left to right
The factors which are to be considered while developing a good wage incentive plan will include
Adequate incentive
Ease of administration
Guaranteed basic pay
All of these
Tick the odd man out
Taylor
Drucker
McGregor
Galileo
Time study is
The appraisal, in terms of time, of the value of work involving human effort
Machine setting time
Time taken by workers to do a job
Method of fixing time for workers
Choose the wrong statement. Motion study is used for
Improving a work method
Improvising a work method
Designing a work method
Reducing inventory costs
A systematic job improvement sequence will consist of
Motion study
Time study
Job enrichment
All of these
Indirect expenses include
Factory expenses
Selling expenses
Administrative expenses
All of these
PMTP (predetermined motion time systems) include
MTM (method time measurement)
WFS (work factor systems)
BNTS (basic motion time study)
All of the above
A diagram showing the path followed by men and materials while performing a task is known as
String diagram
Flow process chart
Travel chart
Flow diagram
The value engineering technique in which experts of the same rank assemble for product development is called
Delphi
Brain storming
Morphological analysis
Direct expert comparison
Breakeven analysis is a
Short term analysis
Long term analysis
Average of short and long term analysis
Any one of these
A low unit cost can be obtained by following
Product layout
Functional layout
Automatic material handling equipment
Specialisation of operation
Pick up the correct step used for scheduling a project by C.P.M.
A project is divided into various activities
Required time for each activity is established
Sequence of various activities is made according to their importance
All of the above
The main advantage of line organisation is its
Effective command and control
Defined responsibilities at all levels
Rigid discipline in the organisation
All of the above
Actual performance of a task is called
An event
An activity
A duration
None of these
The disadvantage of product layout is
High initial investment for the specialized facilities
Skilled labour to operate machines
Production time is longer, requiring more goods in inventory
High cost of inspection
Acceptance sampling is used in
Job production
Batch production
Mass production
All of these
Service time in queuing theory is usually assumed to follow
Normal distribution
Poissons distribution
Erlang distribution
Exponential law
If E is the duration, ES and EF are die earliest start and finish times, LS and LF are latest start and finish times, then the following relation holds good
EF = ES + D
LS = LFD
LF = LS + D
All of the above
Replacement studies are made on the following basis:
Annual cost method
Rate of return method
Total life average method
Any one of the above
The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of any project is known as
Event flow scheduling technique
Critical ratio scheduling
Slotting technique for scheduling
Short interval scheduling