Title: Facility Layouts
Course: Demo 1

Q: After planning the production process at a manufacturing plant, the next step is to determine the:
- labor requirements
- technological infrastructure
- plant layout
A: plant layout

Q: A high volume of goods is produced efficiently by people, equipment or departments arranged in an assembly line when using which layout?
- cellular layout
- process layout
- product layout
A: product layout

Q: The operations manager at a printing company has grouped together a work crew to assemble an order of 500 copies of an annual report for a toy manufacturing company. This is an example of:
- product layout
- process layout
- cellular layout
A: cellular layout

Q: ________ means goods that are not yet finished.
- Goods done with processes
- Goods as raw materials
- Goods in process
A: Goods in process

Q: The bubble gum manufacturing process begins when ingredients are mixed and then passed to the next workstation. There, the bubble gum “batter” is poured into molds and pressed into spheres. The filled molds are then moved to the next workstation where they are opened, their contents removed, and placed on a belt. At the next station, the molds are sprayed with a candy coating. This is an example of a(n):
- handmade line
- customized line
- assembly line
A: assembly line

Q: In a ________, a small team of workers handle all aspects of building a component, a “family” of components, or a finished product.
- mass assembly line
- product layout
- cellular layout
A: cellular layout

Q: Besides improved quality, the benefits of using a cellular layout include:
- faster completion time
- better employee morale
- smaller facility requirements
A: faster completion time; better employee morale

Q: An airplane manufacture assembles a plane in one location and the workers and equipment go to the airplane when they need to work on it. This is an example of a ________.
- cellular layout
- product layout
- fixed-position layout
A: fixed-position layout