Which of the following plans motivates supervisors by paying a premium on time saved by workers?
Halsey plan
Rowan plan
Haynes plan
Emerson's plan
Correct Answer :
C. Haynes plan
Related Questions
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
Which of the following organisations is best suited for steel plants
Functional organisation
Line organisation
Staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisations
For ship vessel industry the following layout is best suited
Process layout
Product layout
Fixed position layout
Plant layout
Break-even analysis shows profit when
Sales revenue > total cost
Sales revenue = total cost
Sales revenue < total cost
Variable cost < fixed cost
Acceptance sampling is used in
Job production
Batch production
Mass production
All of these
Job evaluation is the method of determining the
Relative worth of jobs
Skills required by a worker
Contribution of a worker
Contribution of a job
In inventory control, the economic order quantity is the
Optimum lot size
Highest level of inventory
Lot corresponding to breakeven point
Capability of a plant to produce
Queueing theory is used for
Inventory problems
Traffic congestion studies
Job-shop scheduling
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
Routing
Prescribes the sequence of operations to be followed
Determines the programme for the operations
Is concerned with starting of processes
Regulates the progress of job through various processes
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
Positive slack on a PERT indicates that project is
Ahead of schedule
Beyond schedule
As per schedule
On critical path
The employees provident fund act is applicable to
All industries
All industries other than small and medium industries
Volunteers
The industries notified by Government
Which of the following statement is wrong?
An activity consumes time and resources whereas an event does not consume time or resources.
The performance of a specific task is called an activity.
An event is an instantaneous point in time at which an activity begins or ends.
The turning of a job on lathe is an event whereas job turned is an activity.
Templates are used for
A planning layout
Flow of material
Advancing a programme in automatic machines
Copying complicated profiles
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 %
The type of layout used for manufacturing steam turbines, is
Product layout
Process layout
Fixed position layout
Any one of these
The breakeven point represents
The most economical level of operation of any industry
The time when unit can run without i loss and profit
Time when industry will undergo loss
The time when company can make maximum profits
Micro motion study is
Analysis of a man-work method by using a motion picture camera with a timing device in the field of view
Motion study observed on enhanced time intervals
Motion study of a sequence of operations conducted systematically
Study of man and machine conducted simultaneously
In value engineering, important consideration is given to
Customer satisfaction
Function concept
Profit maximisation
Cost reduction
The factors to be considered for production scheduling are
Component design
Route sheet
Time standards
All of these
The two bin system is concerned with
Ordering procedure
Forecasting sales
Production planning
Despatching and expediting
CPM is
Synthesising in concepts
Is built of activities oriented programmes
Is used for repetitive works
All of the above
String diagram is used
For checking the relative values of various layouts
When a group of workers are working at a place
Where processes require the operator to be moved from one place to another
All of the above
A critical activity has
Maximum slack
Minimum slack
Zero slack
Average slack
The type of organisation preferred for a steel industry, is
Line organisation
Functional organisation
Line and staff organisation
Line, staff and functional organisation
Basic motion time study gives times for basic motions in ten thousandths of
Second
Minute
Hour
Day
Halsey plan of wage incentive
Is not applied to all level of workers
Is applied to all level of workers
Does not guarantee minimum wage
Is based upon efficiency of worker
Material handling in automobile industry is done by
Overhead crane
Trolley
Belt conveyor
All of the above
In breakeven analysis, total cost consists of
Fixed cost
Variable cost
Fixed cost + variable cost
Fixed cost + variable cost + overheads