Operations Management Basic Questions! Quiz

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1.

In manufacturing, schedules are often more in-formalised.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

The push system has become very popular in managing operations since the advent of JIT methods.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

The principles directly relevant to scheduling and capacity includes:
- A.
  
  Balance flow, and capacity.
- B.
  
  Utilisation of a non-bottleneck is determined not by its own capacity but by some other constraint in the system.
- C.
  
  Utilisation and activation are not synonymous.
- D.
  
  An hour lost at a bottleneck is an hour lost for the whole system.
- E.
  
  The process batch should be fixed.
- F.
  
  Lead times are the result of a schedule, and cannot be predetermined.
4.

The aggregate plan or production plan is `aggregate' because it is usual to plan for `families' of products or customers without worrying about the detailed breakdown.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

In the chase plan, resources, or the capacity rate, remain fixed and excess demands must be taken up by keeping an inventory, by back orders, or by late deliveries.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

The major production schedule or MPS derives from the aggregate or production plan but also integrates more detailed forecasts and customer orders.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

A demand time fence is set up after _______ weeks, and a planning time fence after four weeks.
- A.
  
  One
- B.
  
  Two
- C.
  
  Three
8.

The load profile approach uses the same sort of data as the bill of resources but offsets by the appropriate lead times.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

______ aims to send a repeating sequence of mixed products down the assembly line rather than producing batches of the same product.
- A.
  
  Mixed model scheduling
- B.
  
  Under capacity scheduling