Question 1

In planning the long-term capacity of an operation,one should take into account:

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A) Bottlenecks 
B) Economies of scale 
C) Economies of scope 
D) Only B and C

Question 2

Why would a company want to reduce their capacity? Give an example of how they reduce capacity?

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Question 3

Give an example of yield/revenue management and tell how it is important to businesses.

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Question 4

In addition to showing time schedules,Gantt charts can also be used for capacities of facilities,workers,jobs,activities,and so forth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following are measures of capacity in terms of outputs and inputs produced for the corresponding production system?

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A) Airline - customers checked out per hour - reservation calls handled per day 
B) Supermarket - available seat miles per year - cartons unloaded per hour 
C) University - graduates per year - students admitted per year 
D) Automobile assembly plant - autos assembled per year -packages delivered per day

Question 6

Organizations such as makers of greeting cards,of summer or winter products and of fireworks face a cyclic difficulty referred to as _________.

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Question 7

Yield management,also known as revenue management is the amount of output of acceptable quality emerging from a production system compared with the amount that entered it.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why can it be beneficial to company's to map their product and service flows?

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Question 9

What makes services more difficult to plan for in comparison to manufacturing?

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Question 10

Why is there a limit to the benefits of economics of scale?

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Question 11

The more __________ the service,the longer it is worth waiting for.

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Question 12

__________ means deciding which jobs to assign to which work centers.

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A) Loading 
B) Sequencing 
C) MRP 
D) Facility planning 
E) MPS

Question 13

Uncertain waiting is longer than known,finite waiting.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Rough-cut capacity planning projects job orders and demands for materials into requirements for equipment,work force,and facility to find total capacity of each over the planning horizon.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

When a resource is scheduled as if it had unlimited capacity to handle any and all jobs,its schedule is called

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A) Bottleneck 
B) Infinite loading 
C) Finite loading 
D) Cycle time

Question 16

Obtaining lower unit costs through the use of larger facilities is called economies of scope.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What is an example of a service organization measuring capacity based on inputs rather than outputs?

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Question 18

Which of the following is/are (a)technique(s)used for increasing short-run capacity

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A) Increase resources 
B) Improve resource use 
C) Modify the demand 
D) All of the above

Question 19

In a plant where production is mostly machine automated,can managers expect more efficient production as a result of a learning curve? Why or why not?

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Question 20

Describe a real world example of short-term capacity,and a way that management would handle such a situation.

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Exam 4: Capacity and Scheduling

In planning the long-term capacity of an operation,one should take into account:

Why would a company want to reduce their capacity? Give an example of how they reduce capacity?

Give an example of yield/revenue management and tell how it is important to businesses.

In addition to showing time schedules,Gantt charts can also be used for capacities of facilities,workers,jobs,activities,and so forth.

Which of the following are measures of capacity in terms of outputs and inputs produced for the corresponding production system?

Organizations such as makers of greeting cards,of summer or winter products and of fireworks face a cyclic difficulty referred to as _________.

Yield management,also known as revenue management is the amount of output of acceptable quality emerging from a production system compared with the amount that entered it.

Why can it be beneficial to company's to map their product and service flows?

What makes services more difficult to plan for in comparison to manufacturing?

Why is there a limit to the benefits of economics of scale?

The more __________ the service,the longer it is worth waiting for.

__________ means deciding which jobs to assign to which work centers.

Uncertain waiting is longer than known,finite waiting.

Rough-cut capacity planning projects job orders and demands for materials into requirements for equipment,work force,and facility to find total capacity of each over the planning horizon.

When a resource is scheduled as if it had unlimited capacity to handle any and all jobs,its schedule is called

Obtaining lower unit costs through the use of larger facilities is called economies of scope.

What is an example of a service organization measuring capacity based on inputs rather than outputs?

Which of the following is/are (a) technique(s) used for increasing short-run capacity

In a plant where production is mostly machine automated,can managers expect more efficient production as a result of a learning curve? Why or why not?

Describe a real world example of short-term capacity,and a way that management would handle such a situation.