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58 Cards in this Set
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Budgeted Hourly Rate
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the cost to run a piece of equipment for one hour
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Things to find out to calculate BHR
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size, price, cost for training, how many workers does it take to run the machine, rent and utilities, insurance, depreciation, power costs, etc
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Production Standards
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numerical representation of either the amount of time it takes to perform a unique task or the amount of production that is accomplished within a specific unit of time
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Six methods for determining production standards
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1. intuition/guess-t-mating
2. published standards 3. borrowed from competition 4. from manufacturer 5. consultant/plant engineer 6. historical data |
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Cost Centers
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areas of specific responsibility in your plant
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Organizations
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deliberate arrangement of people to accomplish a specific purpose
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Types of manufacturing organizations
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job shop/intermittent process production, repetitive process/mass production, continuous process production
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Organizational structure
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1. entrepreneur stage (1-20 employees)
2. growth stage (20-50 employees) 3. mature stage (60 plus employees) |
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Types of organizational structuring
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line organization, line and staff and product/market,
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Types of structuring
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divides, assigns, coordinates, clusters, establishes relationships, establishes authority, allocates and deploys
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Culture
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a particular form of civilization especially the beliefs, customs, arts and institutions of a society at a given time
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Strong culture
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one which key values are deeply held and widely held
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Factors that influence the strength of a culture
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size of organization, age of organization, rate of employee turnover, strength of the original culture, clarity of cultural values and beliefs
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Benefits of strong culture
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creates stronger employee commitment to the organization, helps with the recruitment and socialization of new employees, fosters higher organizational performance by instilling the promoting employee initiative
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Source of culture
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the founder of the company, history of the organization, behavior of top management
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Continuation of the culture
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recruitment of employees that "fit", socialization of new employees to help them adapt
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Learning culture
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stories, rituals, materials symbols, languages
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3 types of culture
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1. ethical
2. innovative 3. customer responsive |
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4 decision making areas
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1. planning
2. organizing 3. leading 4. controlling |
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What is the definition of the time that it takes to do something?
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Production Standard
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What is the profit margin for an average printing company?
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3.41%
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Does the bindery set-up dictate imposition or vice versa?
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Always consider bindery first
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What does 3-up go faster on?
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Sheetwise
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What are two possible ripple effects that a planner needs to recognize?
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Backward and forward (foil stamping)
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What is a value added component of a printed product?
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35% of the price of a job is cost of materials; 65% is value added (everything that happens to the materials is value added)
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Spoilage is not planned and waste is planned (T or F)
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True
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How is recovery typically done in pricing a job?
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1. If something is ghosted and didn't expect it (its spoilage) so had to re-print job
2. Put wrong name under someone's picture (personalization) 3. Printed piece has set-off powder on it |
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What is one of the most reliable sources for determining anticipated quality, performance, maintenance, and effectiveness of a particular piece of equipment before purchasing it?
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Peers working in a similar company, but not in competition with each other
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Planner does their job with what part of the customer's design sequence in front of them?
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Digital files, text, and images (planner has "real job" and all elements whereas estimator just has specs)
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What is the purpose of a job ticket?
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Directions of how to get job from point A to point B
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How does a scheduler relate to the job ticket?
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They re-visit it
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Why gang several jobs together?
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Make a deadline, increase productivity, save money, less plates
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BHR
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Cost of running a piece of equipment including cost, overhead, labor, support personnel, supplies, etc.
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Factors that generate need for purchase.
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Improve input/output, keeping up with competitors, make more money, replace old equipment, safety
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Must you look at bindery first?
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Look at bindery first then imposition b/c imposition is driven by what bindery can handle
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What is an advanced organizer?
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Tool to help prepare learner for instructions (can take on form prior to or at start of presentation)
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What is the designing plant for a small company with ten or less employees?
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U-shaped (A)
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What is the most precise form of estimating as far as basing price on actual cost associated with printed job?
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Computer tailor program (B)
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What is the best way to describe the technique running 2/C perfecting press, 1 over 1 with same plate image on both units?
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Sheetwise tumble (D)
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CSRs, production planners, estimators, and quality control analyst are examples of which type of employee?
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Staff (C)
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What press size would be best if your company produced a lot of products requiring 8.5 x 11, 2-sided, 8-page signatures and wanted to print them 2 up?
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28" x 40" (D)
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What is the factor that influences the amount of waste that we must plan for when calculating the number of sheets you will need to print?
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Length of press run (A)
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What deals with working with all aspects of a printed piece electronically, files, press settings, etc?
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Digital Asset Management (C)
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Formal brainstorming requires at least 2 individuals to properly work through each stage of the brainstorming process (T of F)
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False
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End use requirements or a printed product dictates proper use of inks, substrates, appropriate printing process and whether the job is run as sheetwise or work and turn (T or F)
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False
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Work in prepress departments is usually allocated rather than scheduled by departmental supervisor based on ability of operator and job requirements (T or F)
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True
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Running a job as work and turn instead of as sheetwise imposition is always more attractive because the gripper edge stays the same and by changing the guide side on registration table you maintain register corners (T or F)
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False
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What percent of the industry is companies with 10 or less employees?
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80%
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What percent of all offset production runs are run lengths of 5,000 or less?
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75% (press runs becoming shorter)
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Explain waste for 1,000 sheets printed sheet ready.
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As run length goes up, % of waste goes down. As number of colors goes up, % of waste goes up. As number of finishing techniques goes up, % of waste goes up.
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What percent of waste would you have if 1,000,000 sheets were printed?
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.5%
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How long does make ready with automation take?
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15 mins
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Light-fastness will double ink cost (T or F)
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True
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Sending partials
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Use this sometimes if unplanned mistake occurs; send part of a job
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Where does a company get its selling price?
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If you charge $125 on job that costs you $100, you just made $25 ($25 / $125 = 20% profit margin)
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Cost of plates
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[(production standard cost) x (BHR) x (number of plates) x (consumables)]
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Cost center
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1. Plate maker
2. Plate setter 3. Plate processor (cannot run one without the other) |
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MIS
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Management Information System
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