What is the purpose of a spaghetti diagram?

To trace the physical path travelled by a person or part

To display the flow of information between production control and the shop floor

To show the sequence and dependency of tasks in a project

To rank the causes of a defect by frequency of occurrence

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Q1.A cell operates two shifts of 450 available minutes each and must deliver 180 units per day.

What is the takt time?
- A.0.2 minutes per unit
- B.5.0 minutes per unit✓ Correct answer
- C.2.5 minutes per unit
- D.10.0 minutes per unit
Explanation
Takt time is available operating time divided by customer demand for that period:

$\text{Takt} = \frac{2 \times 450}{180} = \frac{900}{180} = 5.0 \text{ minutes per unit}$

The value 2.5 comes from using only one shift, 10.0 from counting each shift as 900 minutes, and 0.2 from inverting the ratio.
Reference: CSSBB BoK VII
Q2.What is the purpose of a spaghetti diagram?
- A.To trace the physical path travelled by a person or part✓ Correct answer
- B.To display the flow of information between production control and the shop floor
- C.To show the sequence and dependency of tasks in a project
- D.To rank the causes of a defect by frequency of occurrence
Explanation
A spaghetti diagram overlays actual movement on a facility layout, and the resulting tangle makes excess travel impossible to ignore. It addresses physical movement specifically, which distinguishes it from a value stream map covering material and information flow.
Reference: CSSBB BoK VII

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