CPIM-MPR Online Practice Questions and Answers

A distributor has decided to implement push replenishment throughout its network. Which action is most consistent with this decision?

A. establishing double order points

B. establishing a bill of distribution

C. establishing safety stocks

D. establishing lead times

Which business process is concerned with the replenishment of items and usually occurs on a weekly basis?

A. RCCP

B. SandOP

C. MPS

D. Business Planning

CRP inputs are all of the following EXCEPT: A. Open shop orders and leads times

B. Planned order releases and work center capacities

C. Routings and time standards

D. None of these

Operation number Setup hours, planned and actual Quantity reported complete at the operation Quantity reported scrapped at that operation Due date or lead time remaining These are the components of related to each operation.

A. Shop order master file

B. Work-center master file

C. Shop-order detail file

D. None of these

Planning horizon means

A. The number of periods in the record

B. The most current period in the record

C. The quantity of the records

D. None of the above

Which four primary plant types are defined, and they are used to specify the flow of materials through a production process?

A. I-plant, A-plant, B-plant, G-Plant

B. I-plant, A-plant, V-plant, T-Plant

C. C-plant, K-plant, B-plant, S-Plant

D. A-plant, D-plant, B-plant, F-Plant

The carrying cost is usually defined as a percentage of the dollar value of inventory per unit of time.

A. True

B. False

A full load costs more per ton to ship than a part load

A. True

B. False

To achieve _____, it often makes more sense to have two relatively inexpensive general-purpose machines than one large, expensive special-purpose piece of equipment.

A. machine suppleness

B. machine softness

C. machine elasticity

D. machine flexibility

What is measured by the length of time a product can be used before it fails?

A. Reliability

B. Durability

C. Maintainability

D. Efficiency