Question 1

Which of the following shows in schematic form how a product is assembled?

Accepted Answer

A) an engineering drawing 
B) an assembly routing 
C) an assembly chart 
D) a route sheet 
E) a process sheet 
A) an engineering drawing 
B) an assembly routing 
C) an assembly chart 
D) a route sheet 
E) a process sheet

Question 2

An exploded view of the product is a(n)________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of An exploded view of the product is...

Question 3

Is it possible for a product's life cycle stage to affect its product strategy? In particular,describe how one product in growth and another in maturity might have different product strategies.

Accepted Answer

There is no reason for the strategy to b

Question 4

How does configuration management manifest itself when you ask for service on your automobile?

Accepted Answer

Configuration management is used by ever

Question 5

A company looking for venture capitalist funding is deciding on the design of its operating system (OS)for its new phone.The first option is to simply buy the OS from another company.This would result in sales of either 10,000 units if the market is not crowded with similar phones,or sales of only 3,000 units if the market is crowded.If the company decides to design its own OS,the phone would have sales of 70,000 units if the OS was popular,but sales of only 2,000 if the OS was a failure.Suppose that to recoup the cost of designing their own OS the company would need to sell twice as many phones as when they simply buy the OS for the profit from the scenarios to be equal.Which option should the company choose if the probability that the market is crowded is 50% and the probability that the OS is popular is 75%?

Accepted Answer

@#IMG-DLM& EMV of buy OS is .5(3000)+ .5(10000)= 6

Question 6

Regal Marine's use of ________ has reduced product development time and reduced problems with tooling and production.

Accepted Answer

CAD or Com

Question 7

________ is a process for determining customer requirements and translating them into attributes that each functional area can understand and act upon.

Accepted Answer

Quality fu

Question 8

Group technology enables the grouping of parts into families based on similar processing requirements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following would likely cause a change in market opportunities based upon levels of income and wealth?

Accepted Answer

A) economic change 
B) sociological and demographic change 
C) technological change 
D) political change 
E) legal change 
A) economic change 
B) sociological and demographic change 
C) technological change 
D) political change 
E) legal change

Question 10

Identify the benefits associated with manufacturability and value engineering.

Accepted Answer

Benefits include immediate cost reductio

Question 11

An assembly chart shows an exploded view of the product,usually a three-dimensional or isometric drawing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Identify factors that influence new product opportunities.

Accepted Answer

Understanding the customer,economic chan

Question 13

In the maturity stage of the product life cycle,operations managers will be particularly concerned with adding capacity or enhancing existing capacity to accommodate the increase in product demand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In which stage of the product life cycle should product strategy focus on process modifications as the product is being "fine-tuned" for the market?

Accepted Answer

A) introduction 
B) growth 
C) maturity 
D) decline 
E) incubation 
A) introduction 
B) growth 
C) maturity 
D) decline 
E) incubation

Question 15

Briefly explain how product life-cycle management (PLM)impacts product design.

Accepted Answer

PLM is an umbrella of software programs

Question 16

Boeing's 737 airplane and Hewlett-Packard's printer business are examples of using enhancements and migrations of existing products to build on a ________.

Accepted Answer

A) product template 
B) product pulpit 
C) product platform 
D) product dais 
E) product foundation 
A) product template 
B) product pulpit 
C) product platform 
D) product dais 
E) product foundation

Question 17

What is a product-by-value analysis,and what type of decisions does it help managers make?

Accepted Answer

A product-by-value analysis lists produc

Question 18

Robust design ensures that small variations in production or assembly do not adversely affect the product.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Rapidly developing products and moving them to the market is referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

time-based

Question 20

Regal Marine:

Accepted Answer

A) no longer builds boats with any wooden parts. 
B) has replaced all human labor with robots. 
C) treats the product design decision as critical to its success. 
D) gets its competitive advantage by being the low-cost producer of boats designed by others. 
E) designs several new boats each year,but contracts other firms for their manufacture. 
A) no longer builds boats with any wooden parts. 
B) has replaced all human labor with robots. 
C) treats the product design decision as critical to its success. 
D) gets its competitive advantage by being the low-cost producer of boats designed by others. 
E) designs several new boats each year,but contracts other firms for their manufacture.

Exam 5: Design of Goods and Services

Which of the following shows in schematic form how a product is assembled?

An exploded view of the product is a(n)________.

Is it possible for a product's life cycle stage to affect its product strategy? In particular,describe how one product in growth and another in maturity might have different product strategies.

How does configuration management manifest itself when you ask for service on your automobile?

Regal Marine's use of ________ has reduced product development time and reduced problems with tooling and production.

________ is a process for determining customer requirements and translating them into attributes that each functional area can understand and act upon.

Group technology enables the grouping of parts into families based on similar processing requirements.

Which of the following would likely cause a change in market opportunities based upon levels of income and wealth?

Identify the benefits associated with manufacturability and value engineering.

An assembly chart shows an exploded view of the product,usually a three-dimensional or isometric drawing.

Identify factors that influence new product opportunities.

In the maturity stage of the product life cycle,operations managers will be particularly concerned with adding capacity or enhancing existing capacity to accommodate the increase in product demand.

In which stage of the product life cycle should product strategy focus on process modifications as the product is being "fine-tuned" for the market?

Briefly explain how product life-cycle management (PLM)impacts product design.

Boeing's 737 airplane and Hewlett-Packard's printer business are examples of using enhancements and migrations of existing products to build on a ________.

What is a product-by-value analysis,and what type of decisions does it help managers make?

Robust design ensures that small variations in production or assembly do not adversely affect the product.

Rapidly developing products and moving them to the market is referred to as ________.

Regal Marine:

Operations and Productivity

Operations Strategy in a Global Environment

Project Management

Forecasting

Managing Quality

Process Strategy

Capacity and Constraint Management

Location Strategies

Layout Strategies

Human Resources, job Design, and Work Measurement

Supply Chain Management

Inventory Management

Aggregate Planning and Sop

Material Requirements Planning Mrpand Erp

Short-Term Scheduling

Jit, tps, and Lean Operations

Maintenance and Reliability

Sustainability in the Supply Chain

Statistical Process Control

Supply Chain Management Analytics

Decision-Making Tools

Linear Programming

Transportation Models

Waiting-Line Models

Learning Curves

Simulation

Filters