Industrial Engineering interview questions and answers - part 4

Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4   Part 5   Part 6 16. What are the uses of time standards? Various uses of time standards are: Wage incentive plans and plant layout Plant capacity studies and production planning and control Standard costs and budgetary control Cost reduction activities and product design Tool design and top-management controls Equipment selection and bidding for new business Machine loading and effective labor utilization Material-handling studies 17. What is Autofacturing? Autofacturing is a production system that is comprised primarily of automated equipment which is configured as several integrated subsystems, using one common database and computer controls to make, test and transport specifically designed products at high and uniform quality levels meeting flexible specifications with a minimum of human effort. There are many levels of autofacturing from individual cells, all the way up to a complete and integrated system. Most situations are somewhere in between, but progressing toward a total system. 18. What is psychomotor behavior? Psychomotor behavior is the activity of receiving sensory input signals and interpreting and physically responding to them. Humans can receive inputs by vision, hearing, smell, and the cutaneous senses, which respond to temperature, mechanical energy, or electrical energy. Kinesthesis and the vestibular sense inform about location and position. Vision followed by hearing are the most important senses for transmitting signals carrying complex information for decisions and for control of MMSs. Signals for warning or alerting need not be complex and can be transmitted by one or a combination of the sensory channels. The choice is determined by the situation and the task being performed by the person or persons to be warned rather than by differences in modality reaction times. 19. What is the difference between productivity and productive system? Productivity can be defined as the measure of the amount of input required to produce a given output or it can be also be defined as the ratio of output to input, whereas production system can be explained as a system in which a few inputs are given to get the required output through some transformation processes. 20. What is Industrial engineering? How important are statistics in industrial engineering? Industrial Engineering is an engineering of design of production systems. An Industrial Engineer analyzes and designs the whole system to integrate the components of people, machines, and facilities to create efficient and effective systems, which produce goods and beneficial services to humanity. Statistics are important to analyze the problem and controlling it for the good production. Part 1   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4   Part 5   Part 6 Write your comment - Share Knowledge and Experience