Topic 10 - Commercial production
Question 1
HLPaper 1A manufacturer can review the sequence of production, tools used and worker movement to help identify areas of improvement. What is the name of this lean production concept, often shown as a flow chart?
Question 2
HLPaper 1Which principle of lean production considers sequence, tools and worker movement in manufacture?
Question 3
HLPaper 1Which of the following are monitored in computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)?
I. Purchasing
II. Recovery of products at the end of their useful life
III. Distribution
Question 4
HLPaper 1The regulation of the quality of raw materials, assemblies, products and components is referred to as…
Question 5
HLPaper 1Figure 10 shows computer integrated manufacturing (CIM).
Figure 10: Computer integrated manufacturing
[Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robot\_worker.jpg
Mountain at Shanghai Science and Technology Museum (Wikimedia Commons)]
CIM is a system that uses computers to integrate production, business and manufacturing in order to create more efficient production lines.
Which of the following are elements of CIM?
I. Extraction of raw materials
II. Tracking of financial resources
III. Manufacturing final product
Question 6
HLPaper 3Figure 1 shows the original Dualit toaster. Built for commercial use, they have since wonnumerous consumer accolades and come in a range of variants, sizes and colours.
Identify two market research strategies that could have been used in the developmentof the Dualit toaster.
Outline the strategy used by Dualit by introducing the Dualit toaster in a range ofdifferent sizes and colours.
Compare just in time (JIT) and just in case (JIC) as strategies to produce theDualit toaster.
Question 7
HLPaper 1Which of the following would be included in a company’s fixed costs?
I. Machinery
II. Rent
III. Materials used in production
Question 8
HLPaper 1What is true of just-in-case (JIC) inventory management?
Question 9
HLPaper 3Tony’s Chocolonely are the chocolate makers on a mission to make all chocolate 100% slave free. They were founded by Teun Van De Keuken in 2003. Using their 5 Sourcing Principles, Tony’s is helping to enable farmers a living income, raising awareness of inequalities in the chocolate industry one bar at a time, see the logo in Figure 4.
Tony’s Chocolonely has a large product family that offers chocolate bars in a number of different flavours and in two different sizes (47g and 180g). The chocolate bars haveunequally divided chocolate pieces, see Figure 4.
Each year between October and December the company introduces three new limited edition chocolate bar flavours. The most popular of these three limited editions is then added to theirproduct range.
Figure 4: Text and images provided with permission from Tony’s Chocolonely.
Describe the corporate strategy that applies to the production of Tony’s Chocolonelychocolate bars between the months of October and December.
Outline one benefit to the company of creating a product family for the chocolate bars.
Outline one way that pressure groups may have influenced the development of theTony’s Chocolonely brand.
Explain how Tony’s Chocolonely have developed a brand identity for the chocolate barto support their mission.
Tony’s Chocolonely has made progress towards a sustainable approach.
Suggest one additional strategy Tony’s Chocolonely could use to promote each of thethree aspects of triple bottom line sustainability.
Question 10
HLPaper 1Which of the following best describes lead time?
