Deck 4: Locating, Designing, and Managing Facilities

Question 1

Which of these is not a primary factor for locating a manufacturing facility such as an automotive assembly plant

A) Access to raw materials
B) Access to labour
C) Availability of energy supply
D) Proximity of customers

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of these operations would consider the proximity of customers as a primary factor in choosing a location?

A) A domestic appliance manufacturer
B) An oil refinery
C) A solicitor's office
D) An insurance company headquarters

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What technique would a supermarket choose in order to locate one of their distribution centres?

A) Weighted factor analysis
B) Location intelligence
C) Centre of gravity method
D) Regression modelling

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The four layout choices for a typical materials processing operation are fixed position, process, product, and _________ layout?

A) Flexible
B) Cell
C) Linear
D) Variable position

Question 5

Which type of layout would be required for a shipbuilding operation?

A) Fixed position
B) Process
C) Cell
D) Product

Question 6

Which type of layout would be most suitable for a domestic appliance assembly operation?

A) Fixed position
B) Process
C) Cell
D) Product

Question 7

In a flight catering kitchen what is the main benefit for changing from a product layout to a cell layout?

A) Increased speed
B) Improved quality
C) Improved cost
D) Reduced labour

Question 8

The Servicescape is the term used to describe ______________?

A) The ambience at the entrance to an operation
B) The ambience at the exit from an operation
C) The physical and psychological environment of the operation
D) The signs and signals used to orient customers around an operation

Question 9

Deciding to get another company to manufacture goods originally made by your company is called __________________?

A) Procurement
B) Outsourcing
C) Offshoring
D) Logistics

Question 10

The separation of the front of house activities from the back of house activities, such as the central production of food for a number of schools is called _______________?

A) Decentralisation
B) Delayering
C) Disintermediating
D) Decoupling