Exam 15: Achieving World-Class Operations Management

There are four important decisions that must be made during production planning.What are they?

What are the two key aspects of production control?

Products that are difficult to move out of a plant once they are manufactured,such as ocean-going vessels and room-sized murals,are usually manufactured in which of the following layouts?

What is the purchasing function sometimes known as?

List the three most commonly used scheduling tools for complex production situations.

After product specifications are set,a company must decide whether to purchase or manufacture the parts that it needs.Which of the following identifies the type of decision required?

Supply chain management is best described by which of the following?

A system that utilizes long production runs resulting in high-volume,standardized products is called which of the following processes?

A job shop uses an intermittent production process.

A university hired a catering company to run its cafeteria rather than operating the facility itself.What does this purchase of services exemplify?

When a thermometer manufacturer combines glass tubing,mercury,red dye,paint,plastic,and metal to make thermometers,it is an example of which of the following?

What is the Japanese inventory system that minimizes inventory costs and provides those inputs as they are needed for a particular production run?

Which of the following best describes good routing procedures?

Which of the following best describes Six Sigma?

Levi Strauss was strongly praised when it announced it was leaving China in 1993 because of the country's poor human rights record.However,China is also an inexpensive place to manufacture clothing,and in spite of its announcement,Levi did not stop making clothing in China.Which of the following facility location factors was most likely instrumental in Levi's deciding to continue operating its facility in China?

Which of the following focuses on smoothing transitions along the supply chain so that the company can satisfy its customers with quality products and services while focusing on forging tighter bonds with its suppliers?

Because Straube Electronics has decided to buy terminal switches instead of producing them,Straube has made a make-or-buy decision.

What are the three main types of facility layouts?

Which of the following businesses would be LEAST likely to use an intermittent process?

Production converts inputs into outputs by changing the inputs in some way.