Work Balance Charts and Repetitive Layout Quiz
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What is a key advantage of both types of lines being balanced?

  • Increased work-in-process inventories
  • Difficult training and supervision
  • Same time to perform work at each station (correct)
  • High material handling costs
  • What type of layout is organized around products or families of similar high-volume, low-variety products?

  • Product-oriented layout (correct)
  • Customer-oriented layout
  • Process-oriented layout
  • Service-oriented layout
  • What is a disadvantage of a product-oriented layout?

  • Work stoppage at any point has no impact
  • Lack of flexibility in product or production rates (correct)
  • High volume is not required
  • Flexibility in product or production rates is high
  • What is a characteristic of a fabrication line in a product-oriented layout?

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    How can bottleneck operations be identified in work cells?

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