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23-Ind-A4 Production Management

Worked solutions to 14 past sittings (2013–2019), 103 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.

Topics across the sittings

Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.

Questions by sitting

December 2019

  1. Question 1: Just-in-Time Production
  2. Question 2: Lean Terminology — Yo-i-don/Andon, Poka-yoke, SMED, TPM
  3. Question 3: Process Chart for a Custom Computer Manufacturer
  4. Question 4: Seasonal Lawn-Game Production — Dynamic Lot Sizing
  5. Question 5: New-Toy Sales Forecast and Order Quantities
  6. Question 6: Machinery-Upgrade Downtime — CPM Network
  7. Question 7: Circuit-Board Job Scheduling and Minimum Workforce

December 2018

  1. Question 1: 5S and the Five Whys
  2. Question 2: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  3. Question 3: SMED and Kanban in Just-in-Time Production
  4. Question 4: WX93 Production Line — Setup/Inventory Trade-off (EPQ)
  5. Question 5: Li-Ion Battery Production LP Across Three Plants
  6. Question 6: Tablet-Computer Sales Forecast (Naive, Moving Average), Two Months Ahead
  7. Question 7: Construction Project — CPM Network and an Accident-Driven Duration Change
  8. Question 8: Rebalancing 14 Jobs Across Three Surface-Mount Machines, and Minimum Workforce

May 2018

  1. Question 1: 5S and the Five Whys
  2. Question 2: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  3. Question 3: SMED and Kanban in Just-in-Time Production
  4. Question 4: WX93 Production Line — Setup/Inventory Trade-off (EPQ)
  5. Question 5: Li-Ion Battery Production LP Across Four Plants
  6. Question 6: Tablet-Computer Sales Forecast (Naive, Moving Average)
  7. Question 7: Construction Project — CPM Network and an Accident-Driven Duration Change
  8. Question 8: Rebalancing 14 Jobs Across Three Surface-Mount Machines, and Minimum Workforce

December 2017

  1. Question 1: 5S and the Five Whys
  2. Question 2: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  3. Question 3: SMED and Kanban in Just-in-Time Production
  4. Question 4: WX93 Production Line — Setup/Inventory Trade-off (EPQ)
  5. Question 5: Li-Ion Battery Production LP Across Four Plants
  6. Question 6: Tablet-Computer Sales Forecast (Naive, Exponential Smoothing)
  7. Question 7: Construction Project — CPM Network and an Accident-Driven Duration Change
  8. Question 8: Rebalancing 14 Jobs Across Three Surface-Mount Machines, and Minimum Workforce

May 2017

  1. Question 1: 5S and the Five Whys
  2. Question 2: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  3. Question 3: Why an Optimal Schedule Is Not Always Implementable
  4. Question 4: EOQ for Plastic Fasteners
  5. Question 5: Li-Ion Battery Production LP Across Three Plants
  6. Question 6: Tablet-Computer Sales Forecast (Naive, Exponential Smoothing)
  7. Question 7: Construction Project — CPM Network and an Accident-Driven Duration Change
  8. Question 8: Rebalancing 14 Jobs Across Three Surface-Mount Machines

December 2016

  1. Question 1: Little's Law, 5S, and the Five Whys
  2. Question 2: EOQ for Plastic Fasteners
  3. Question 3: Tablet-Computer Sales Forecast (Naive, Moving Average)
  4. Question 4: Li-Ion Battery Production LP Across Three Plants
  5. Question 5: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  6. Question 6: Construction Project — CPM Network and an Accident-Driven Duration Change
  7. Question 7: Rebalancing 14 Jobs Across Three Surface-Mount Machines

May 2016

  1. Question 1: Little's Law, 5S, and the Seven Zeros
  2. Question 2: EOQ for Plastic Fasteners
  3. Question 3: Tablet-Computer Sales Forecast (Naive, Exponential Smoothing)
  4. Question 4: Li-Ion Battery Production LP Across Three Plants
  5. Question 5: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  6. Question 6: Construction Project — CPM Network and an Accident-Driven Duration Change
  7. Question 7: Rebalancing 14 Jobs Across Three Surface-Mount Machines

December 2015

  1. Question 1: Little's Law, 5S, and the Seven Zero's
  2. Question 2: EOQ for Plastic Fasteners
  3. Question 3: Tablet-Computer Sales Forecast (Naive, Exponential Smoothing, Regression)
  4. Question 4: Li-Ion Battery Production LP Across Three Plants
  5. Question 5: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  6. Question 6: Construction Project — CPM Network and an Accident-Driven Duration Change
  7. Question 7: Rebalancing 14 Jobs Across Three Surface-Mount Machines

May 2015

  1. Question 1: Significance of Four Production-Management Ideas
  2. Question 2: MacBig Wrapper Inventory — EOQ, Decentralization, and Annual Shrinkage
  3. Question 3: Sales Forecast for a Tablet Computer, With a Missing Month
  4. Question 4: Aggregate Production Plan for Office Chairs — First Five Months
  5. Question 5: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  6. Question 6: Construction Project — CPM Network and an Accident-Driven Duration Change
  7. Question 7: Mathematical-Programming Model to Minimize the Worst Job's Lateness

December 2014

  1. Question 1: Five Innovators in Production Management
  2. Question 2: MacBig Wrapper Inventory — EOQ, Decentralization, and Shrinkage
  3. Question 3: Sales Forecast for iPad Tablets
  4. Question 4: Aggregate Production Plan — LP Formulation for Office Chairs
  5. Question 5: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  6. Question 6: Construction Project — CPM Network and a Duration Change
  7. Question 7: Circuit-Board Job Scheduling Against a 3.5-Hour Deadline

May 2014

  1. Question 1: Significance of Four Production-Management Ideas
  2. Question 2: MacBig Wrapper Inventory — EOQ, Decentralization, and Shrinkage
  3. Question 3: Sales Forecast for iPad Tablets
  4. Question 4: Aggregate Production Plan — LP Formulation for Office Chairs
  5. Question 5: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  6. Question 6: Construction Project — CPM Network and a Duration Change
  7. Question 7: Circuit-Board Job Scheduling Against a 3.5-Hour Deadline

December 2013

  1. Question 1: Significance of Four Production-Management Ideas
  2. Question 2: MacBig Wrapper Inventory — EOQ, Decentralization, and Shrinkage
  3. Question 3: Sales Forecast for iPad Tablets
  4. Question 4: Aggregate Production Plan — LP Formulation for Office Chairs
  5. Question 5: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  6. Question 6: Construction Project — CPM Network and a Duration Change
  7. Question 7: Circuit-Board Job Scheduling Against a 3.5-Hour Deadline

May 2013

  1. Question 1: Significance of Four Production-Management Ideas
  2. Question 2: MacBig Wrapper Inventory — EOQ, Decentralization, and Shrinkage
  3. Question 3: Sales Forecast for iPad Tablets
  4. Question 4: Aggregate Production Plan — LP Formulation for Office Chairs
  5. Question 5: Variability as a Cause of Production Inefficiency
  6. Question 6: Construction Project — CPM Network and a Duration Change
  7. Question 7: Circuit-Board Job Scheduling Across Three Machines

Undated paper

  1. Question 1: The Five Whys and Poka-Yoke
  2. Question 2: The Seven Zeros
  3. Question 3: SMED and Kanban in Just-in-Time Production
  4. Question 4: WX93 Production Line — Setup/Inventory Trade-off (EPQ)
  5. Question 5: Li-Ion Battery Production LP Across Three Plants
  6. Question 6: Cell-Phone Sales Forecast — Naive and Exponential Smoothing
  7. Question 7: Construction Project — CPM Network and an Accident-Driven Duration Change
  8. Question 8: Rebalancing 14 Jobs Across Three Surface-Mount Machines, and Minimum Workforce