Exam 10: Achieving World-Class Operations Management

One of the keys to successful production planning is resource management._____ is a system that would note how a possible strike in an Evanston, Indiana, plant will threaten supplies of a needed component part as well as how customer growing preference for time-saving devices such as the company markets and use this information in production planning.

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Question 81

Operations management is:

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Question 82

In a retail store, a point-of-sale (POS) terminal would be used to:

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Question 83

DaimlerChrysler decided not to build a $750 million plant in southeast Georgia in spite of the state spending $24 million to purchase the property and an additional $36 million to prepare the site specifically for DaimlerChrysler.The _____ offered was not enough to convince DaimlerChrysler that the Georgia site was a good location for its factory.

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Question 84

_____ is the creation of goods and services and is an essential function in every firm.

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Question 85

_____ combines computerized manufacturing processes with other computerized systems used before and after manufacturing.

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Question 86

Site selection is a part of production planning.

(True/False)

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Question 87

Total quality management says that quality is the responsibility solely of the production and shipping departments.

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Question 88

______ charts are bar graphs plotted on a time line that show the relationship between scheduled and actual production.

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Question 89

Which of the following is a characteristic of the intermittent process?

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Question 90

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) uses computers to:

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Question 91

Inventory management performs all of the following tasks EXCEPT:

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Question 92

Supply chain management:

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Question 93

The critical path method (CPM) is used to design, test, and modify new and existing products.

(True/False)

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Question 94

Instead of doing its own maintenance, Eaton Corp.has hired Advanced Technology Services, Inc.to maintain and fix equipment problems even though Eaton could have handled the tasks internally.What does this purchase of these maintenance services exemplify?

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Question 95

The Japanese inventory system that minimizes inventory costs and provides those inputs as they are needed for a particular production run is called the ______ system.

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Question 96

One of the biggest shortcomings of Gantt charts is that they:

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Question 97

What is the relationship between mass production and customization?

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Question 98

The two key aspects of production control are:

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Question 99

The physical arrangement of a production facility is called its:

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Operations management is:

In a retail store, a point-of-sale (POS) terminal would be used to:

_____ is the creation of goods and services and is an essential function in every firm.

_____ combines computerized manufacturing processes with other computerized systems used before and after manufacturing.

Site selection is a part of production planning.

Total quality management says that quality is the responsibility solely of the production and shipping departments.

______ charts are bar graphs plotted on a time line that show the relationship between scheduled and actual production.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the intermittent process?

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) uses computers to:

Inventory management performs all of the following tasks EXCEPT:

Supply chain management:

The critical path method (CPM) is used to design, test, and modify new and existing products.

Instead of doing its own maintenance, Eaton Corp.has hired Advanced Technology Services, Inc.to maintain and fix equipment problems even though Eaton could have handled the tasks internally.What does this purchase of these maintenance services exemplify?

The Japanese inventory system that minimizes inventory costs and provides those inputs as they are needed for a particular production run is called the ______ system.

One of the biggest shortcomings of Gantt charts is that they:

What is the relationship between mass production and customization?

The two key aspects of production control are:

The physical arrangement of a production facility is called its:

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