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Section 8Â Â Work Cells 1) The work cell layout, a special arrangement of machinery and personnel to focus on the production of a single product or group of related products, is for manufacturing applications and has no relevance to services. 2) The work cell improves layouts by reducing both floor space and direct labor cost. 3) A focused work center is well suited to the production of a large family of products requiring similar processing, even if their demands are not very stable. 4) Which of the following is NOT an advantage of work cells? A) reduced direct labor cost B) decreased equipment and machinery utilization C) heightened sense of employee participation D) reduced raw material and finished goods inventory E) reduced investment in machinery and equipment 5) Balancing a work cell is done: A) before the work cell equipment is sequenced. B) as part of the process of building an efficient work cell. C) before takt time is calculated. D) so that each assembly line workstation has exactly the same amount of work. E) to minimize the total movement in a process layout. 6) Mathematically, takt time is: A) total work time available divided by units required. B) units required divided by workers required. C) a fictional time increment similar to a therblig. D) workers required divided by total operation time required. E) units required divided by total work time available. 7) Which of the following is NOT one of the requirements of cellular production? A) testing (poka-yoke) at each station in the cell B) adequate volume for high equipment utilization C) a high level of training, flexibility, and empowerment of employees D) being self-contained, with its own equipment and resources E) identification of families of products, often through the use of group technology codes or equivalents 8) A(n) ________ is a special product-oriented arrangement of machines and personnel in what is ordinarily a process-oriented facility. 9) ________ is the pace (frequency) of production necessary (time per unit) to meet customer orders.