The chart which gives an estimate about the amount of materials handling between various work stations is known as
Flow chart
Process chart
Travel chart
Operation chart
Correct Answer :
C. Travel chart
Related Questions
At the breakeven point,
Total cost is more than the sales revenue
Total cost is less than the sales revenue
Total cost is equal to sales revenue
Fixed cost is equal to variable cost
Time study is used to
Determine standard costs
Determine the number of machines a person may run
Provide a basis for setting piece price or incentive wages
All of the above
What does symbol 'V' employ in work study
Operation
Inspection
Delay/ temporary Storage
Permanent storage
In the Emerson efficiency plan, a worker receives only his daily wage and no bonus is paid till his efficiency reaches
50 %
66.67 %
75 %
80 %
Inventory control in production, planning and control aims at
Achieving optimisation
Ensuring against market fluctuations
Acceptable customer service at low capital investment in inventory
Discounts allowed in bulk purchase
Critical path on PERT/CPM chart is obtained by joining the events having
Maximum slack
Minimum slack
Average slack
No slack
The technique of value analysis can be applied to
Complicated items only
Simple items only
Crash programmer items only
Any item
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
When slack of an activity is positive
It represents a situation where extra resources are available and the completion of project is not delayed
It represents that a programme falls behind schedule and additional resources are required to complete the project in time
The activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the completion of whole project
Any one of the above
Pick up the correct statement from the following
If the float is positive and the activity is delayed by a period equal to its total float, the completion of project in no delayed
If the float of an activity is negative, delay in its performance is bound to delay the completion of project
If the float of an activity is zero, the activity is critical and any delay in its performance will delay the whole project
All of the above
Line organisation is suitable for
Sugar industries
Oil refining industries
Spinning and weaving industries
All of these
Routing prescribes the
Flow of material in the plant
Proper utilization of man power
Proper utilization of machines
Inspection of final product
Dispatching
Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
Determines the programme for the operations
Is concerned with the starting of processes
Regulates the progress of job through various processes
Under the Apprenticeship Act
All industries have to necessarily train the apprentices
Industries have to train apprentices according to their requirement
All industries employing more than 100 workers have to recruit apprentices
Only industries employing more than 500 workers have to recruit apprentices
The most suitable incentive plan for the maintenance section of an industry will be
Piece rate system
Group incentive plan
Profit sharing plans
Simplification
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
Templates are used for
A planning layout
Flow of material
Advancing a programme in automatic machines
Copying complicated profiles
Pick up the correct statement from the following
Programmer evaluation and review technique is event oriented
Programmer evaluation and review technique is not event oriented
Critical path method is event oriented
None of the above
Linear programming can be applied successfully to
Chemical industry
Oil industry
Banks
All of these
Bin card is used in
Administrative wing
Workshop
Foundry shop
Stores
Two alternatives can produce a product. First have a fixed cost of Rs. 2000 and a variable cost of Rs. 20 per piece. The second method has a fixed cost of Rs. 1500 and a variable cost of Rs. 30. The break even quantity between the two alternatives is
25
50
75
100
Emergency rush order can be pushed more effectively in
Job production
Automatic production
Continuous production
Intermittent production
An event is indicated on the network by
A straight line
A number enclosed in a circle or a square
A straight line with circles at the ends
A dotted line
In manufacturing management, the term 'Dispatching' is used to describe
Dispatch of sales order
Dispatch of factory mail
Dispatch of finished product of the user
Dispatch of work orders through shop floor
Which of the following are the guidelines for the construction of a network diagram?
Each activity is represented by one and only one arrow in the network
Dangling must be avoided in a network diagram
Dummy activity consumes no time or resource
All of the above
The simplex method is the basic method for
Value analysis
Operation research
Linear programming
Model analysis
In process layout
Handling and backtracking of materials is too much
Production control is more difficult and costly
Routing and scheduling is more difficult
All of the above
Time study is carried out to determine the time required to complete job by
A slow worker
A fast worker
An average worker
An apprentice
If TL is the largest allowable event occurrence time, total activity slack (s) is equal to
Latest start time earliest start time
Latest finish time earliest finish time (EFT)
TLEFT
All of the above
Bar chart is suitable for
Large project
Major work
Minor work
All of these