Exam 10: Production and Operations Management

A system for manufacturing products in large quantities by using effective combinations of employees with specialized skills, mechanization and standardization refers to:

A broad management philosophy that reaches beyond the narrow activity of inventory control to affect the entire system of production and operations management is referred to as:

A robot that assists people in nonmanufacturing, often dangerous environments is called a:

Which one of the following is NOT a resource used by flexible production?

The ISO standards that help organizations to ensure that their products and services are of high quality and provide a basis for continual improvement are:

Which one of the following statements concerning the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is incorrect?

Which layout below is not part of a basic facility layout?

An integrated production system that uses computers to help workers design products, control machines, handle materials, and control the production process is referred to as:

The want-satisfying power of a good or service is called:

At which stage in the production process would managers decide on the sequence of work, who will perform each part of the work, and where the work will be done?

A production process that creates products in short production runs is described as a(n):

A firm that wants to locate near a community often must prepare a _______ that analyzes how a proposed plant would affect the quality of life in the surrounding area.

The critical path on a PERT chart indicates:

The phase of production control in which the manager instructs each department On what work to do and the time allowed for its completion is called:

When inventory drops to a certain level and the inventory control system automatically reorders the merchandise, the type of inventory system in use is: