Exam 16: Operations Management: Putting It All Together

Lean&Green Manufacturing has adopted a lean production strategy.Lean&Green is likely to hold large inventories of parts,materials,and finished goods in order to prevent shortages and smooth out the production process.

Because the output of service firms is intangible,they are unable to apply the principles of lean production.

Vertical integration means outsourcing all activities in the supply chain with the exception of the very basic things the firm wants to do itself.

A value stream map helps operations managers identify which of the following?

Which of the following are tangible and usually can be shipped and stored?

Engineers at automobile manufacturers design new car models using which type of software to create blueprints and three-dimensional drawings?

W.Edwards Deming taught that improving quality was a key to business success.