Exam 10: Statistical Quality Control

Which of the following is NOT seen as an advantage of self-rostering?

When an operation is sufficiently confident of the nature of demand, if not its volume and time, it will tend to:

Aggregated demand forecasts are a key element of short-term planning and control.

To reconcile volume and time, four overlapping activities are performed:

In planning and control, control is NOT:

In the short term, the emphasis of planning and control is on:

Ad hoc consideration of operations objectives is an example of long-term, medium-term or short-term planning and control?

Planning is the process of coping with changes in supply and demand.

Objectives set in both financial and operations terms is an example of long-term, medium-term or short-term planning and control?.

In planning and control, planning is NOT:

The most common method of scheduling is by use of a Gantt Chart.

Planning is a formalisation of what is intended to happen at some time in the future.

Sequencing the operation:

In the long term, the emphasis of planning and control is on:

Determining whether activities are going to plan is known as:

The approach to loading which does not limit accepting work, but instead tries to cope with it, is called:

The planning horizon tends to be short in a low-volume, high-variety operation.

The nature of decisions taken to plan and control an operation will depend on:

Independent demand is relatively predictable, because factors of demand are known.

Which of the following is NOT true of long-term planning and control?