Question 1

Scheduling involves generating a work schedule for employees or sequences of jobs or customers at workstations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

A retailer experiences a seasonal demand pattern for its services.Labor requirements over a typical six-month period follow.
   Costs associated with operations are as follows:
Wages = $1,500 per worker per month
Hiring cost = $1,500 per worker
Layoff cost = $1,500 per worker
The current workforce level is 11 workers.Use the spreadsheet approach and the preceding data to answer the following questions.
a.What is the total cost of the staffing plan,including the cost of regular wages,hiring,and layoffs using a chase strategy with hiring and layoffs,but no overtime?
b.What is the total cost of the staffing plan,using a level strategy in which no overtime is allowed,and the undertime paid for?
c.Suppose that overtime is allowed up to 25% of the regular-time capacity,and that overtime wages are 150% of the regular-time rate.What is the total cost of the level strategy with overtime and undertime that also minimizes undertime?

Accepted Answer

a. @#IMG-DLM& b. @#IMG-DLM& c.To minimize undertim

Question 3

The purpose of a rotating schedule is to:

Accepted Answer

A) assign each employee to work the same days and hours each week. 
B) assign senior employees more opportunity to have weekends off. 
C) deal with certain undesirable aspects of several individual workforce schedules. 
D) make sure the legal constraints imposed on workforce schedules are satisfied. 
A) assign each employee to work the same days and hours each week. 
B) assign senior employees more opportunity to have weekends off. 
C) deal with certain undesirable aspects of several individual workforce schedules. 
D) make sure the legal constraints imposed on workforce schedules are satisfied.

Question 4

A service firm uses a level utilization production-planning horizon of six months.They have developed a forecast for the coming three quarters that appears in the table.They can add no more than 15% of their production capacity as overtime.What is the minimum cost sales and operations plan? Can they deliver on their forecast?

Accepted Answer

Quantities appear in the upper

Question 5

Table 10.8
Suppose that the following eight jobs must be scheduled through a car repair facility (repair times are shown in days):
  
-Use the information in Table 10.8 to answer this question.What is the flow time of car E if an EDD sequence is obeyed?

Accepted Answer

A) 31 
B) 44 
C) 41 
D) 53 
A) 31 
B) 44 
C) 41 
D) 53

Question 6

A(n)________ is a strategy that considers and implements a fuller range of supply options than a pure chase or level strategy.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A(n)________ is a strategy that considers and...

Question 7

________ takes advantage of the tangible nature of manufactured goods to absorb uneven rates of supply and demand.

Accepted Answer

Anticipati

Question 8

The sales and operations plan typically has a one-year planning horizon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which one of the following statements about costs of sales and operations plans is BEST?

Accepted Answer

A) Overtime wages are typically 50% of regular time wages,exclusive of fringe benefits. 
B) The cost of capital is not generally included in the inventory-holding cost. 
C) Fringe benefits,which are a part of regular-time costs,do not typically include health insurance and paid vacations. 
D) Hiring costs include the costs of advertising jobs,interviews,training programs for new employees,and initial paperwork. 
A) Overtime wages are typically 50% of regular time wages,exclusive of fringe benefits. 
B) The cost of capital is not generally included in the inventory-holding cost. 
C) Fringe benefits,which are a part of regular-time costs,do not typically include health insurance and paid vacations. 
D) Hiring costs include the costs of advertising jobs,interviews,training programs for new employees,and initial paperwork.

Scheduling involves generating a work schedule for employees or sequences of jobs or customers at workstations.

The purpose of a rotating schedule is to:

Table 10.8 Suppose that the following eight jobs must be scheduled through a car repair facility (repair times are shown in days): -Use the information in Table 10.8 to answer this question.What is the flow time of car E if an EDD sequence is obeyed?

A(n)________ is a strategy that considers and implements a fuller range of supply options than a pure chase or level strategy.

________ takes advantage of the tangible nature of manufactured goods to absorb uneven rates of supply and demand.

The sales and operations plan typically has a one-year planning horizon.

Which one of the following statements about costs of sales and operations plans is BEST?

Using Operations to Create Value

Process Strategy and Analysis

Quality and Performance

Capacity Planning

Constraint Management

Lean Systems

Project Management

Forecasting

Inventory Management

Resource Planning

Supply Chain Design

Supply Chain Logistic Networks

Supply Chain Integration

Supply Chain Sustainability

Decision Making

Waiting Lines

Special Inventory Models

Linear Programming

Simulation

Financial Analysis

Acceptance Sampling Plans

Measuring Output Rates

Learning Curve Analysis

Operations Scheduling

Layout

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Exam 10: Operations Planning and Scheduling

Scheduling involves generating a work schedule for employees or sequences of jobs or customers at workstations.

The purpose of a rotating schedule is to:

Table 10.8 Suppose that the following eight jobs must be scheduled through a car repair facility (repair times are shown in days): -Use the information in Table 10.8 to answer this question.What is the flow time of car E if an EDD sequence is obeyed?

A(n)________ is a strategy that considers and implements a fuller range of supply options than a pure chase or level strategy.

________ takes advantage of the tangible nature of manufactured goods to absorb uneven rates of supply and demand.

The sales and operations plan typically has a one-year planning horizon.

Which one of the following statements about costs of sales and operations plans is BEST?

Using Operations to Create Value

Process Strategy and Analysis

Quality and Performance

Capacity Planning

Constraint Management

Lean Systems

Project Management

Forecasting

Inventory Management

Resource Planning

Supply Chain Design

Supply Chain Logistic Networks

Supply Chain Integration

Supply Chain Sustainability

Decision Making

Waiting Lines

Special Inventory Models

Linear Programming

Simulation

Financial Analysis

Acceptance Sampling Plans

Measuring Output Rates

Learning Curve Analysis

Operations Scheduling

Layout

Filters