問25
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製品の開発から出荷までの工程を開発, 生産計画, 製造, 出荷とするとき, FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System) の導入によって省力化, 高効率化できる工程として, 適切なものはどれか。
平成30年度 春期 ITパスポート試験 問25
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問 25
Incorrectア
Development is the process of planning and designing a product, and it is supported by design tools such as CAD and CAE. An FMS is a mechanism that automatically controls production equipment, so it does not directly make the development process labor-saving, which makes this wrong.
Incorrectイ
Production planning is the planning work of deciding what to make, when, and how much, and it is the domain handled by MRP and production management systems. An FMS automates the execution of manufacturing rather than the planning itself, so it is not appropriate as the target process.
- ウ
正解 An FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System) uses a computer to integrate and control NC machine tools, industrial robots, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and similar equipment, so that a wide variety of products can be processed and assembled flexibly and automatically without manual labor. In other words, what an FMS targets is the manufacturing process itself, where materials are actually processed and assembled into finished products; by automating this process and removing manual work, it achieves labor saving and higher efficiency. The appropriate answer is therefore “ウ”, manufacturing.
Incorrectエ
Shipment is the logistics process of taking finished products out of the warehouse and sending them out, and it is handled by logistics systems such as a WMS (Warehouse Management System). What an FMS makes labor-saving is the manufacturing process, not shipment, which makes this wrong.
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- Definition of FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System) — a mechanism that uses a computer to integrate and control machine tools, robots, and automated transport equipment to make a wide variety of products flexibly and automatically, automating and reducing manual labor in the manufacturing process.
- Keep in mind that among the processes of development, production planning, manufacturing, and shipment, the one an FMS directly targets is the manufacturing process, where materials are actually processed and assembled.
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