Exam 9: Operations Management

In the "Four Rs" of sustainable product design, ______ can be 'conventional' where the product fulfills its original purpose after minor refurbishing, or 'new-life' where the product is used for a different function entirely.

______ is a ratio of the time a resource is used divided by the time a resource is made available for use.

Sustainable OM strategy should ______ strategic, tactical, and operational decisions concerning the environmental performance of the production process.

Operations planning and control is concerned with operations decisions and improvements on a ______ basis.

In the "Four Rs" of sustainable product design, ______ involves reclaiming the raw materials from disposed and obsolete products, such as melting down metal and plastic from discarded packaging for some future use.

Certification by the Living Building Challenge demonstrates that the built environment can actually improve the ______.

One method for avoiding workplace injuries is to deploy ______ to replace human workers in dangerous job descriptions.

Sustainable ______ design means designing jobs to protect employees from work hazards and to encourage healthy routines throughout the work-day.

The ______ is an architectural design feature that creates passive cooling through stepwell construction.

Enterprise ______ is a management tool for executing and tracking the success of operational initiatives in terms of deployed resources.

What operations management decisions did Avaya make after the company decided to address its contribution to climate change?

______ time is the average time it takes a product to move through production system.

When modifying product design to address environmental attributes, it is essential for the resulting product to ______ in terms of performance.

Operations management is the business function responsible for ______ goods and services.

When inventory is ______, it is stored in smaller amounts but in a greater geographic diffusion in order to maintain inventory closer to the end customer.

What findings were made by the 2014 study by the International Labor Office regarding workplace practices and enterprise-level outcomes?

The process of converting inputs such as raw materials into outputs such as finished products is the ______ model of Operations Management.

______ syndrome is when a structure has systemic air quality problems from mold, toxins, poor circulation, and?the like, causing occupants to suffer headaches, congestion, fatigue, and rashes.

______ operations management decisions are long term, broad in scope, serve to set the direction for the entire organization, and determine the value proposition of the company.

The matters of GHG tracking, construction, energy management, office furnishings, maintenance, and grounds keeping all fall under the purview of ______ management.