1. Production activity control (PAC) actions take place mainly in which section of the MPC system?

Because these activities change over time and react differently to different markets and strategies. MPC system is related with planning and governing all aspects of fabricating, including managing materials programing machines and people, and organization suppliers and key customers, so it is true

2. The shop-floor control system is kept current on changes in material plans by the MRP system? (True/False)

True, Yes, the shop floor control system is given preference on changes in material plans by the Manufacturing Resources Planning system. Once planned, ordered, and purchased requisitions are created, shop floor control activity is started.

3. Formal shop-floor control systems are unnecessary under JIT? (True/False)

True. Shop floor control is defined as a software system comprising of tools and methods that are utilized to track, schedule and report on the work progress in a manufacturing facility. A formal shop floor activity is majorly unnecessary under the JIT process as JIT involves ordering the inventory just at the time

4. A visual representation of the scheduling process can be provided by _________ charts.

A Gantt Chart is defined as a bar chart that is useful in understanding project scheduling. It provides a visual picture of the scheduling process. It lists time intervals in scheduling on the horizontal axis of the chart and tasks required to be performed on the vertical axis of the chart.

5. The TOC scheduling process is called ______-_________-_________.

The TOC schedule process is called Drum-Buffer-Rope.

6. In TOC scheduling, buffers are maintained before and after _____________ resources.

In TOC scheduling, buffers are maintained before and after bottleneck resources.