production planning

A set of jobs U, V, W, X, Y, Z arrive at time t = 0 to a production line consisting of two workstations in series. Each job must be processed by both workstations in sequence (i.e....

Which one of the following is NOT a form of inventory?

A factory produces m (i = 1,2,..., m) products, each of which requires processing on n (j = 1, 2, ..., n) workstations. Let aij be the amount of processing time that one unit of th...

Two models, P and Q, of a product earn profits of Rs. 100 and Rs. 80 per piece, respectively. Production times for P and Q are 5 hours and 3 hours, respectively, while the total pr...

The word Kanban is most appropriately associated with

Capacities of production of an item over $$3$$ consecutive months in regular time are $$100,$$ $$100$$ and $$80$$ and in overtime are $$20,$$ $$20$$ and $$40.$$ The demands over th...

Which one of the following forecasting techniques is not suited for making forecasts for planning production schedules in the short range?

In inventory planning, extra inventory is unnecessarily carried to the end of the planning period when using one of the following lot size decision policies:

In an assembly line for assembling toys, five workers are assigned tasks which take times of $$10, 8, 6, 9$$ and $$10$$ minutes respectively. The balance delay for the line is