Instruction: Review the following questions in detail

1. Explain Operation Design
   1. Modular design
   2. Design for Disassembly
   3. Robust design
2. Agile manufacturing? Compare with lean manufacturing and their strategic orientation
3. Why are services typically more difficult to standardize, automate, and make efficient?
4. Sara has a part-time "cottage industry" producing seasonal plywood yard ornaments for resale at local craft fairs and bazaars. She currently works 8 hours per day to produce 16 ornaments.
5. What is her productivity?
6. She thinks that by redesigning the ornaments and switching from use of a wood glue to a hot-glue gun she can increase her total production to 20 ornaments per day. What is her new productivity?
7. What is her percentage increase in productivity?
8. Explain the difference between value analysis and value engineering
9. Six Sigma Quality
10. Six Sigma Methodology
11. Analytical Tools of Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement
12. Six Sigma Roles and Responsibilities
13. How is break-even analysis useful in the study of the capacity decision? What limitations does this analytical tool have in this application?
14. An executive conference center has the physical ability to handle 1,100 participants. However, conference management personnel believe that only 1,000 participants can be handled effectively for most events. The last event, although forecasted to have 1,000 participants, resulted in the attendance of only 950 participants. What are the utilization and efficiency of the conference facility?
15. Environmental Glass Products, Inc. wants to build a new centralized facility to receive household, commercial, and industrial glass for recycling. This center will be supplied by trucks coming from four "collection points," where recyclable glass is dropped off by individuals and businesses. The volume and the map coordinates for the four collection centers are shown below. Where should the collection center be located?

Collection point	Load	(X,Y) Coordinates
A	9,000	(4,8)
B	4,000	(7,2)
C	2,000	(4,1)
D	5,000	(7,3)

1. What design guidelines help retail layouts to maximize customer exposure to products?
2. What is cross-docking? Why is it appropriate for some forms of warehouse layout?
3. What is the basic objective of a process control system?
4. What are the three possible results (or findings) from the use of control charts?
5. Solve the following aggregate planning question

Eagle Fabrication has the following aggregate demand requirements and other data for the upcoming four quarters. lQuarter Demand Previous quarter' s output 1590 units 1 1313'!) Beginning inventory Ell-ll units 2 14131] Stockout cost 550 per unit 3 1500 Inventory holding cost Ell} per unit at end of quarter 4 1313'!) Hiring workers 54 per unit Firing workers 53 per unit Unit cost 530 per unit Ds'ertime 5 ll} extra 1 er unit Which of the following production plans is better: Plan E'schase demand by hiring and ring; or Plan Eproduce at a constant rate of l-l} and obtain the remainder from overtime