Scheduling Materials to Arrive on a Timely Basis at a Workstation

question 12

Multiple Choice

Scheduling materials to arrive on a timely basis at a workstation or facility in order to reduce costs and improve workflow is known as:

• A) management by objectives (MBO).
• B) timely inventory control (TIC).
• C) efficient production planning (EPP).
• D) just-in-time (JIT) scheduling.
• E) economic order quantity (EOQ).

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Definitions:

Overhead Cost Per Unit

The allocation of overhead costs to individual units of product, giving a full cost picture of each unit produced.

Product-Level Activity

Activities and costs incurred for a specific product, regardless of the number of units or batches produced.

Testing Prototype

The process of evaluating the initial example of a product to assess its functionality, design, and performance before mass production.

Batch-Level Activity

Costs or activities that are incurred every time a batch is produced, regardless of the size of the batch; part of activity-based costing.