1.

Which three of the following activities within the product life cycle are
categorised as product development?

Select one or more:

o Production planning
o Marketing
o Disposal
o Distribution
o Design
o Calculation of working time
o ABC-Analysis
o Production
o Bill of materials breakdown
o Logistics
o Determination of requirements
o Product Planning
 2. Which type of stock is calculated from warehouse stock, prebooked stock
and order stock (calculated stock)?

Select one:

o Order stock
o Workshop stock
o Warehouse stock
o Available stock
o Prebooked stock

3. What kind of materials are incorporated into the finished product as an

added component e.g. screws, packaging materials?

Select one:

o Vendor parts
o Merchandise
o Operating materials
o Raw materials
o Input materials
o Auxiliary materials
 4. Which type of requirement is the demand for individual parts, assemblies or
raw materials that can be determined using parts lists or where-used lists?

Select one:

o Additional requirements
o Net requirements
o Total gross requirements
o Secondary requirements
o Gross production requirements
o Tertiary requirements
o Primary requirements
 5. Calculate the profit contribution of procurement if cost of materials are 60%
and the return on sales 14%. Use 3% as the value for the material cost
savings.

Give the result in % and round to 2 decimal places!

Result:

6. The following requirements or stocks are given. Please complete the table.

Week 35 Week 36

Gross requirements 137 159

Additional requirements 23 7

Prebook stock 161 197

Warehouse stock 55 11

Workshop stock 254 129

Order stock 37 19

Total gross requirements

Available stock

Net requirements

Order in this week (1 = yes, 0 = no)

 7. You have the following product breakdown:

Complete the required modular parts lists for A1:

A1 A2 B3 A4 D5

Part Quantity Part Quantity Part Quantity Part Quantity Part Quantity

A2 Answer D5 Answer A2 Answer B7 Answer B6 Answer

B3 Answer B6 Answer B7 Answer D5 Answer A8 Answer

A4 Answer

Parts A2 and D5 appear at different positions in the product breakdown. How should
these cases be treated? Does the the modular parts list from above contain all required
tables (answer a) or are separate tables needed for every occurence of a materials A2
and D5 (answer b)? Answer 1 Question 7 ab
 8. You have the following product breakdown:

Complete the required modular parts lists for A1:

A1 A2 B3 A4 D5

Part Quantity Part Quantity Part Quantity Part Quantity Part Quantity

A2 Answer D5 Answer A2 Answer B7 Answer B6 Answer

B3 Answer B6 Answer B7 Answer D5 Answer A8 Answer

A4 Answer
 9. The following weekly consumptions are given:

Period 34 35 36 37 38

Demand 76 56 88 29

Weight 89 17 37 36
 10. The following data is given:

Period 35 36 37 38 39

Forcast 62 50 67 64 52

Consumption 50 55 67 53

MAD calculation (round to two decimal places):

• Calculate the MAD value for periods 35-38: Answer

• Using this MAD value, how many parts do you need to order in week 39 if you
want to achieve a service level of 84.15%? Answer

Trend calculation:

• The start value at the end of week 30 is 52 parts and the gradient is 7 parts
per week.

• How many parts do you have to order at the end of week 36 if you determine
this using trend calculation? Answer
 11. The following demand data is provided:

Period 31 32 33 34 35 36

Net demand 152 67 169 292 426 234

Cost information:

• Order (processing) costs: 958 euro per order.

• Inventory costs: 2.20 euro per piece and week.

Using the Part Period method, determine the optimal order quantities, as well as the
order costs, inventory costs and total costs. Specify the results in the tables
below. Round to two decimal places.

Quantities:

Period Order Quantity

31 Answer

32 Answer

33 Answer

34 Answer

35 Answer

36 Answer

Hint: for periods without ordering, use order quantity = 0.

Costs (sum over all periods):

Order costs Answer

Inventory costs Answer

Total costs Answer

 12. The following demand data is provided:

Period 31 32 33 34 35 36

Net demand 412 52 101 101 233 129

Cost information:

• Order (processing) costs: 577 euro per order.

• Inventory costs: 1.60 euro per piece and week.

Using the Silver/Meal method, determine the optimal order quantities, as well as the
order costs, inventory costs and total costs. Specify the results in the tables
below. Round to two decimal places.

Quantities:

Period Order Quantity

31 Answer

32 Answer

33 Answer
34 Answer

35 Answer

36 Answer

Hint: for periods without ordering, use order quantity = 0.

Costs (sum over all periods):

Order costs Answer

Inventory costs Answer

Total costs Answer

 13. It is a floor-mounted, automated industrial truck that is guideline guided or
guided by a laser system. It is suitable for flexible in-house transport with
low frequency.

Which intralogistics system is described?

Select one:

o Chain conveyor
o Storage and retrieval system
o Roller conveyor
o Automated guided vehicle
o Belt conveyor
o Front forklift
o Tugger train
o Pallet truck

14. This manufacturing process applies material layer by layer to create three-
dimensional objects. It is often used in prototyping and spare parts supply.

Which term fits this statement?

Select one:

o Augmented reality (AR)

o 3D printing
o Virtual reality (VR)
o Human machine interface (HMI)
o Embedded system
o Smart factory
o (Semi-)autonomous machines
o Robotics
o Cyber-physical production system
o Industrial internet of things (IIoT)
 o Smart product
o Internet of things (IoT)
o Automation (technology)

15. A design sketch is created on the basis of the performance specification and
the concept. The principle solutions are implemented.

Which term fits this statement?

Select one:

o Design
o Elaborate
o Plan / clarify
o Deliver
o Build
o Conceptualize
 16. This time type contains the sum of the times of all process stages that can
occur in addition to the execution of scheduled work processes and
independently of orders. Examples of this time type are Searching for parts,
asking for information, going to the vending machine, personal tasks.

Which term fits this statement?

Select one:

o Order time
o Allowance time
o Occupancy time
o Time per piece
o Secondary time
o Additional time
o Process related activity interruption
o Activity time
o Interruption time
o Working time
o Resting time
o Planned time
o Setup time
o Main time
o Execution time
o Preparation time
o Recovery time
o Basic time
 17. You are provided with the following data for processing an order:

# Process step Time Time type

[min]

1 Prepare the workstation 7 Setup time

(setup)

2 Clamp workpiece in 8 Secondary time

machine

3 Machining the workpiece 19 Main time

4 Automated prcoessing 18 Process related activity interruption

by the machine

5 Unclamp the workpiece 22 Secondary time

from the machine

6 Clear the workstation 24 Setup time

(setup)

Further information about the order:

• 9 parts must be produced

• The allowance time percentage is 16%

 • The recovery time percentage is 7%

Determine for this order in minutes (round to two decimal places):

Setup time Answer

Basic time Answer

Recovery time Answer

Allowance time Answer

Time per unit Answer

Execution time Answer

Order time Answer

 18. This procedure uses the continuously calculated order backlog in front of
the workstations as the central control variable. From the total order
backlog, only those orders that have to be completed within a defined
horizon are transferred to the order backlog.

Which term fits this statement?

Select one:

o SCM
o Conwip
o MRP3
o BOA
o FSZ
o MRP1
o Kanban
o MRP2
o ERP
o OPT

19. Identical machining processes are spatially grouped together. The

arrangement is done according to machine groups.

Which term fits this statement?

Select one:

o Series manufacturing
o Mass manufacturing
o Individual manufacturing
o Flow manufacturing
o Workshop manufacturing
 o Group manufacturing

20. The decisive factors for this type of assembly structure can be the use of
special machines, the separation due to different environmental
requirements and occupational health and safety regulations.

Example: equipment for precision machining is placed together in an air-conditioned,

vibration-insulated room in order to achieve the required accuracy.

Which term fits this statement?

Select one:

o Personnel qualification oriented

o Material flow oriented
o Equipment oriented
o Product structure oriented
o Product oriented
o Manufacturing form oriented
 21. This mode of transport has the highest speed but also the highest price per
unit of quantity. Goods handling is mandatory.

Which term fits this statement?

Select one:

o Air
o Pipeline
o Road
o Rail
o Sea

22. Production of cardboard from used paper.

Which term fits this statement?

Select one:

o Depony
o Recyling (changed products)
o Re-use (changed purpose)
o Recyling (same products)
o Thermal recycling
o Re-use (same purpose)