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One off production is especially suited to
research and development
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A car assembly plant produces 40 cars per hour is organised on assembly line principles. the personnel working in the productions area are most likely to be?
semi-skilled operators
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A production technique which uses kanban is called
Pull
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in mass production systems, capital investment levels are typically ?
high with high volumes of product required to recover the initial cost
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when developing a quality plan and setting the quality standards required of a product the main consideration is?
customer requirements
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the main aim of a TQM is to
ensure things are right first time and defects and waste are eliminated
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within a company striving for continuous improvement, employees need to be multi-skilled? The main reason for using this approach is to enable;
the company to respond to customer demand more quickly
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the main role of a trade union is to
represent the interests of people in the workplace
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the institute of mechanical engineers is an example of?
a professional body
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typical information that may be added to an operation symbol on a flow chart could be
an approximate time
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considering quality at every stage of a products creation, including development, design, marketing, manufacture and sales is known as quality
management
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statistical process control is a method of measuring?
production
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Design control, control of non-conforming product and process control are three sub-systems of an?
ISO 9000 Quality Assurance System
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The quality team in a company is not responsible for?
Liaising with customers to determine customer design specifications details
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One consideration to be taken into account when developing a quality plan is?
set up systems to measure quality
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An organisation can ensure the development of progression of its workforce by introducing?
A company training plan
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Investors in people is a?
National Standard
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A trainee wishing to change to a more advanced course of training will benefit most by?
transferring to the new course at an agreed level of entry
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in order to achieve a long term flexible and loyal workforce a company can
retrain the existing workforce
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the time from taking a order to deliver the finished product is called
lead-time
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what is the first stage of team development
forming
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Employees are entitled to a written statement of the main terms of their contract
On the day of starting work
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One consideration to be taken into account when developing a quality plan is
set up systems to measure quality
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the quality team in a company is Not responsible for
liaising with customers to determine customer design specifications details
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statistical process control is a method of measuring
production
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Loading is a production planning activity where
production shop orders are allocated to work centres as required by the production plan to identify orders in a work centre queue
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the main role of a trade union is to
represent the interest of people in the work place
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An organisation can ensure the development and progression of its workforce by introducing
a company training plan
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The four stages of team development are
Forming, storming, norming and performing
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what must an organisation implement to ensure everyone is treated without discrimination
an equal opportunity policy
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a production engineer is required to carry out a continuous improvement analysis cycle for a company. to follow this procedure correctly the engineer must
Plan, do, check, action
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within a company striving for continuous improvement, employees need to be multi-skilled. the main reason for using this approach is to enable
an employee to respond to customer demand more quickly
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loading is a production planning activity where
production shop orders are allocated to work centres as required by the production plan to identify orders in a work centre queue
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Investors in People is a
National Standard
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the main aim of TQM is to
ensure things are right the first time and defects and waste are eliminated
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within a company striving for continuous improvement, employees need to be multi-skilled, the main reason for using this approach is to enable
the company to respond to customer demand more quickly
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Just in Time (JIT) can be best described as a
Pull system
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In Mass production systems, capital investment levels are typically
High with high volumes of product required to recover the initial cost
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The quality team in a company is not responsible for
Liaising with customers to determine customer design specifications details
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BS EN 9001 certification shows that a company
Has an approved quality management systems
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the term given to a random or spot check inspection during production is
sampling
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the term quality can be referred to as
fitness for purpose or meeting customer expectations
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a production technique which uses Kanban is called
pull
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to be effective, the mass production method relies on
machinery being laid out in a logical order
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One off production is especially suited to
research and development
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under the data protection act 1999 employees have the right to see the information about them that is held on a computer system. once requested the information must be provided within
40 days
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a sector skills council is an organisation led by
employers
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the terms of a contract of employment must include; pay, hours of work, holiday entitlement, sick pay arrangements and notice periods. what else must be included
disciplinary grievance procedure
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the development of a team generally follows a pattern of forming, storming, norming and performing. what happens during the storming stage of team development.
Ideas generation
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A factory using Just in Time principle of manufacturing does not have to
maintain a buffer stock of raw material
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the term productivity generally relates to
the total number of products made
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a manufacturing facility regularly has machine tools standing idle, the cause of this is a lack of raw material for processing. which management tool is the most suitable for solving this problem.
Just in Time
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within a quality plan, a set of quality requirements is established. these are the quality requirements of
the customer
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an area where defective work is stored to allow the quality department to further investigate is referred to as
Quarantine
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the internationally recognised quality managment systems standard that brings together all activities supporting that quality within an organisation is
BS EN ISO 9001
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during the manufacture of a product, SPC is used to measure the product against tolerances. what does SPC stand for
Statistical Process Control
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checking a product against a set standard or tolerance takes place after the manufacturing stage or when the product is complete. this technique is known as
quality control
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a gantt chart provides a visual indication of
the flow of production and use of resources
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an important outcome of production scheduling is identifying the critical path of a products manufacture. this is the path
this is the most cost effective on resources
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the factors contributing to the cost of production can be broken down into direct and indirect costs. an example of a direct cost is
production labour
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a flow or continuous production system is most likely to be used where
a product is well established in the market place
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To ensure that a mass production plan can work at maximum efficiency. it is essential to have
the product line laid out in logical sequence or order
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