Exam 4: Process Design and Capacity Management

A process has four stages (A, B, C, and D). The stages have output rates of 25 units/hr, 12 units/hr, 11 units/hr, and 14 units/hr, respectively. What is the output rate of this process?

A key part of process flowchart design is the consideration of where value is or is not being created in the process.

A process has four stages (A, B, C, and D). The stages have output rates of 15 units/hr, 10 units/hr, 9 units/hr, and 11 units/hr, respectively. What is the output rate of this process?

An alternative name for a process flowchart is a?

A firm is considering whether to continue to buy a particular component or to make the component themselves. There is no fixed cost associated with buying the component, but each component costs $17 to purchase. If the firm makes the component, it will incur a fixed cost of $5,000, but will be able to produce each component for $10. What is the break-even quantity?

A job shop will typically hold ________ raw materials in inventory.

To perform break-even analysis, all of the following are needed except?

Organizations generally match production processes to the product based on which two criteria?

As process customization increases, we expect that volume will?

Job shop projects involve which of the following combinations of product type and process output?

Postponement involves?

Which order of processes is correct for ascending order of output volume?

Describe how capacity enhancements can improve a company's economies-of-scale. Provide at least one example (from the textbook or from another source) of this.

Mass customization is often associated with ___________ processes.

The evaluation of several options by cost trade-offs is referred to as _____________.

Sustainable processes accomplish which one of the following?

An objective of process flowcharting could be?

Industry around the world accounts for approximately how much of the world's total carbon emissions (choose the closest answer)?

A customer purchasing a box of cereal at a grocery store is most likely purchasing a product that is a result of which type of process?

Process flowcharting is typically not used in service operations.