.
A) Planning, technology, inventory, control
B) Process, quality, capacity, inventory
C) Process, quality, technology, capacity
D) None of these
A) Include forecasting and scheduling
B) Include inventory control
C) Require management of personnel
D) None of these
A) Determining what to order, how much to order and when to order
B) Tracking the flow of materials
C) Managing the finished goods inventories
D) All of these
A) Process, quality, capacity, and human resources
B) Process, quality, human resources, and inventory
C) Quality, inventory, human resources, and capacity
D) Quality, capacity, inventory, and human resources
E) Process, capacity, quality, and inventory
A) Layout of the facility
B) Job design
C) The type of equipment and technology
D) Product or service inspection
A) 12%
B) 40%
C) 66%
D) 79%
E) 90%
a. cost per unit
b. ability to inventory items
c. timing of production and consumption
d. customer interaction
e. knowledge content
a. 180 valves/hr
b. 200 valves/hr
c. 220 valves/hr
d. 880 valves/hr
e. 1760 valves/hr
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 25%
d. 40%
e. 50%
a. 32.5 boxes/hr
b. 40.6 boxes/hr
c. 62.5 boxes/hr
d. 81.25 boxes/hr
e. 300 boxes/hr
a. It has increased by 50 sets/shift.
b. It has increased by 37.5 sets/hr.
c. It has increased by 20%.
d. It has decreased by 8.3%.
e. It has decreased by 9.1%.
a. the competition's output
b. the fact that precise units of measure are often unavailable
c. stable quality
d. the workforce size
e. the type of equipment used
a. quality, external elements, and precise units of measure
b. labor, capital, and management
c. technology, raw materials, and labor
d. education, diet, and social overhead
e. quality, efficiency, and low cost
a. honoring financial commitments
b. maintaining a clean environment
c. developing low-cost products
d. providing an efficient workplace
e. all of the above
a. advertising and promotion
b. designing the layout of the facility
c. maintaining equipment
d. making hamburgers and fries
e. purchasing ingredients
A. assembly line production
b. measuring the productivity in the service sector
c. just-in-time inventory methods
d. statistical quality control
e. all of the above
a. 1920s; statistical sampling
b. United Kingdom; mass production
c. U.S. Army; logistics
d. nineteenth century; interchangeable parts
e. none of the above
a. Henry Ford
b. Frederick W. Taylor
c. W. Edwards Deming
d. Frank Gilbreth
e. just a figure of speech, not a reference to a person
a. standardization of parts
b. statistical quality control
c. assembly line operations
d. scientific management
e. time and motion studies
a. Charles Babbage
b. Henry Ford
c. Frank Gilbreth
d. W. Edwards Deming
e. Henri Fayol
A) Make or Buy
B) Investment is permanent or temporary
C) Handmade or machine-made
D) High levels or low-levels of inventory
E) Flexible or hard automation
A) Mutually exclusive
B) Independent of each other
C) Connected
D) Unique
E) Non-value-added
A) Flexibility, price
B) Flexibility, quality
C) Quality, price
D) Price, quality
E) Price, flexibility
A) Internal/External Analysis, Mission, Distinctive Competence, Objectives
B) Mission, Distinctive Competence, Objectives, Policies
C) Mission, Objectives, Policies, Tactics
D) Internal/External Analysis, Mission, Objectives, Tactics
A) Objective
B) Mission
C) Distinctive Competence
D) Policy
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