Module 12 - Automotive packagingAnswers to self test

1. The letters SKU stand for Stock Keeping Unit.      TRUE   FALSE

2. The acronym JIT stands for Just in Time.      TRUE   FALSE3. Reusable packaging must be collapsible.      TRUE   FALSE4. One popular type of container often used for reusable packaging is made of

foamed plastic.      TRUE   FALSE5. Reusable containers are not used for JIT deliveries.      TRUE   FALSE6. Cleaner, less cluttered work areas on the assembly line are a benefit of reusable

packaging.      TRUE   FALSE7. One benefit of JIT is that the system is "fail-safe (a supply of parts is always

available when and where needed).      TRUE   FALSE8. Metal racks are sometimes built onto special trucks used to transport a particular

product.      TRUE   FALSE9. A truck returning a load of full size (fully set up) containers to a supplier is

"hauling air".      TRUE   FALSE10. The process of ensuring quality of parts is now basically a function of suppliers.

TRUE   FALSE11. In a JIT system

1. Parts are delivered every working day morning 2. One each week 3. According to a schedule or other arrangement worked out between the

supplier and the assembly plant12. SKU identification numbers are assigned to

1. Every individual part 2. Every part and each piece of packaging 3. Every part, each piece of packaging, and each unit of labor 4. Every part, each piece of packaging, each unit of labor, and each

packaging machine 13. Which of the following statements best describes the automobile industry in the

US. 1. Nearly all of the automobile assembly plants and suppliers are located in

Michigan 2. Automobile assembly plants and suppliers are only located in Michigan

and nearby states 3. Automobile assembly plants are scattered across the country and some

suppliers are located near each plant14. The use of returnable packaging by a supplier is generally economical

1. If the supplier is located within a circle approximately 225 miles in radius from the assembly plant

2. If the supplier is located within a circle centered on the assembly plant with a diameter of 400 to 450 miles

3. If the supplier is located within 400 to 450 miles of the assembly plant15. How many SKU's are currently managed in the GM service parts operation

1. 4,900 2. 49,000 3. 490,000 4. 4,900,000

16. Which of the following actions would cause a sudden change in the number of SKU's to be managed by a company

1. Management issues a directive about parts to be stocked 2. Another company is purchased and the two parts operations are

consolidated and integrated 3. A new line of vehicles are released to the market 4. Any preceding factors could cause the number of SKU's to change

suddenly17. In the most common reusable container system currently employed by automobile

assembly plants in the US, who owns the containers 1. Individual suppliers 2. Company that operates the assembly plant 3. Container supplier 4. Independent third party

18. If a collapsible container (including the integral pallet) is 48 inches tall when set up and has a collapse ratio of 6 to 1, how tall is the container when collapsed (folded up)?

1. 7" 2. 8" 3. 9" 4. 12" 5. 48"

19. If a collapsible container (including the integral pallet) weighs 25 pounds when set up (empty) and has a collapse ratio of 6 to 1, how what is the weight of the container when collapsed (folded up)?

1. 25/6 pounds = 4.16 pounds 2. 25 pounds 3. 25*6 pounds = 150 pounds

20. A collapsible container (including the integral pallet) weighs 25 pounds when set up (empty) and has a collapse ratio of 6 to 1. What is the weight of a load on a truck which can hold 24 containers?

1. 300 pounds 2. 600 pounds 3. 1200 pounds 4. 2400 pounds 5. 3600 pounds

21. Collapsible containers (including the integral pallet) which weigh 25 pounds when set up (empty) and have a collapse ratio of 6 to 1 are to be transported on a truck which can hold 24 fully set up containers? What is the weight of the load on the truck if the containers are collapsed? (Assume that the stack height does not change.)

1. 300 pounds

2. 600 pounds 3. 1200 pounds 4. 2400 pounds 5. 3600 pounds