Starter quiz
- A parts list is a structured document detailing the individual components required to ...
- design a product.
- sell a product.
- test a product.
- manufacture a product. ✓
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- Match the parts list elements with their definition.
- part number⇔a number that you assign to one component in your design ✓
- part name⇔a name or description of the part for reference ✓
- quantity⇔the amount you need of this specific component ✓
- source⇔where the component is coming from ✓
- What unit of measurement is most often used when working out dimensions?
- inches
- millimetres ✓
- centimetres
- metres
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- A laser cutter is an example of ...
- CAD
- CAM ✓
- CAP
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- What is the name of the document that describes what a design must have or do?
- An orthographic projection
- A parts list
- A specification ✓
- A list of requirements
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- An orthographic projection represents a three-dimensional object in ...
- one dimension.
- two dimensions. ✓
- three dimensions.
- four dimensions.
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Exit quiz
- What is a crucial skill in project management?
- Work planning
- Office planning
- Stress planning
- Time planning ✓
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- Planning time during the manufacturing stage can improve …
- demand.
- productivity. ✓
- iterations.
- efficiency. ✓
- popularity.
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- In time planning, the 'JIT' strategy stands for ______
- 'just in time' ✓
- A tool that is well known and used in project management for time planning is a ...
- Bantt chart
- Gantt chart ✓
- Dantt chart
- Lantt chart
- Zantt chart
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- How can using Gantt charts for individual phases within a project, such as the manufacturing stages, improve efficiency?
- by making the project more complicated
- by allowing better focus on crucial stages ✓
- by increasing the overall project cost
- by eliminating the need for project planning
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Manufacturers have to plan the time it will take to manufacture a product.
- Timelines are one method of planning manufacture.
Common misconception
Gantt charts are used to plan out the whole design project.
Gantt charts can be used as a tool to plan out the whole design project. However it can be beneficial to use Gantt charts for the individual phases within the project, like the manufacturing stage. This can improve efficiency at crucial stages.
Keywords
Time planning - organising and scheduling tasks efficiently
Gantt chart - a way of displaying tasks in a horizontal bar chart
Stages of making - the sequential steps involved in creating something
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