Exam 10: Production and Operations Management

Grocery stores use scanners not only for faster check-out times,but as a tool to obtain merchandise sales data and create short-term forecasts.This system is known as _____ production.

When a company looks to an established,superlative product as a guide for its new product,it is _____.

An analytic production system combines a number of raw materials or parts or transforms raw materials to produce finished products.

Which of the following are combined to result in mass production?

Managers should maintain access to only one-two supply sources.

Complete the following using the terms listed. -An inventory system that seeks to eliminate anything that does not add value in operations activities by providing the right part at the right place at just the right time is called a(n)_____ system.

An important use of robots is to free humans from potentially dangerous assignments such as handling hazardous materials.

In selecting a production facility location,labor supply would be most important to which of the following?

How has the economic downturn caused the revitalization of the auto industry in Detroit?

Yusted's company uses a computer to control its production process.The computer transmits signals to machines for performing the appropriate steps in the correct order.This is an example of _____.

Complete the following using the terms listed. -_____ determines the sequence of work throughout the facility and specifies who will perform each aspect of work at what location.

The phase of production control in which the manager instructs each department on the work to be done and the time allowed for its completion is called dispatching.

_____ is an example of synthetic production.

A "lights out" factory,which is completely automated demonstrates a company's lack of ability to meet customer needs.

Discuss the factors a company should consider when deciding whether to make,buy,or lease components.

The production facility for a space shuttle would probably be organized according to a _____ layout.

Complete the following using the terms listed. -The logical extension of specialization,mechanization,and standardization led to the development of the _____.

When Best Buy vendors ship merchandise directly to stores instead of distribution centers,the company is utilizing _____.

Sakura is a production manager and has decided that grouping machinery and equipment according to their functions works best at her company.What layout would be her company be using?