Deck 14: Operations Producing Goods and Services

Question 1

World-class organizations can improve performance along multiple dimensions without making extensive performance tradeoffs or sacrifices.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Processes that can produce a range of products are said to have

A) economies of scope.
B) economies of scale.
C) flexible cells.
D) work centers.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Companies now use strategies that are lean,flexible,or adaptive; wait for customers to push products to the market.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

One type of flexible manufacturing is machine flexibility.

Question 5

Offshoring is a term that means moving an activity is relocated to another country.

Question 6

Most processes are basically organized the same.

Question 7

Processes that can produce a range of products are said to have economies of scope.

Question 8

Production operations create form utility.

Question 9

Assemble-to-order methods tend to be more

A) quick.
B) intensive.
C) complex.
D) critical.

Question 10

Packaging is very important in the manufacturing operation.

Question 11

Resource requirements planning (RRP)is a long-run,macro-level planning tool.

Question 12

Ship to order is another version one of four manufacturing methods.

Question 13

Routing flexibility is a term used in connection with how spare parts move through the supply chain.

Question 14

Form utility drives the need for

A) supply chain capabilities only.
B) time utility and place utility.
C) place utility only.
D) supply chain capabilities,time utility,and place utility.

Question 15

The "bullwhip" effect occurs when forecast errors are magnified and demand variability increases as orders move upstream from retailers to distributors to producers.

Question 16

Delayed differentiation is one hybrid strategy in which a common product platform is built to stock.It is later differentiated by assigning to it certain customer-specific features,only after demand is realized.

Question 17

Materials requirement plan (MRP)is a long-range materials plan that converts information regarding end-items in the MPS into a set of time-phased component and part requirements.

Question 18

Which is not a major challenge for many established manufacturers?

A) competition
B) customer requirements
C) off shore sourcing
D) pressure for efficiency

Question 19

A work center and a manufacturing cell are the same.

Question 20

Capacity planning and materials planning are the same.

Question 21

What is offshoring? How does it affect manufacturing and logistics? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Question 22

Lean production relies on

A) pull systems.
B) push systems.
C) the Toyota production system.
D) offshoring.

Question 23

There are four assembly processes.Name all four,and pick two to discuss in detail.

Question 24

Define and discuss machine flexibility and routing flexibility.

Question 25

Project layout is

A) a work center.
B) a fixed location layout where the product remains in place for the duration of production stability.
C) a product-focused layout in which machines and workers are arranged according to the progressive sequence of operations.
D) a process-focused layout that groups together similar equipment or functions.

Question 26

Discuss the role of production operations in supply chain management (SCM).

Question 27

Resource requirements planning (RRP)

A) is a long-run,macro-level planning tool.
B) checks the feasibility of the master production schedule.
C) checks the feasibility of the materials requirement plan.
D) is a long-range materials plan that translates annual business plans.

Question 28

Discuss the role of packaging from a logistics perspective.

Question 29

Explain one of the following in detail: workcenter,manufacturing cell,assembly line or continuous process facilities.

Question 30

What is the "Bullwhip Effect," and how does it affect manufacturing?

Question 31

Discuss the three planning timeframes,and the various tools associated with them.

Question 32

Capacity is

A) determined by lean manufacturing.
B) the maximum amount of work that an organization is capable of completing in a given period of time.
C) determined by raw materials flows.
D) involves both short and long range planning.

Question 33

Discuss the challenges facing production managers.

Question 34

Packaging is

A) critical to logistics.
B) critical to manufacturing.
C) critical to product differential.
D) a factor in offsourcing.

Question 35

A push-based strategy works well for supply chains that focus on

A) lean production.
B) the anticipation of demand or without knowledge of customer orders.
C) work centers and offshore sourcing.
D) the immediate delivery of off-the-shelf,low-cost,standardized goods.

Question 36

Which is not a manufacturing method?

A) make to stock
B) delayed differentiation
C) build to order
D) assemble to order

Question 37

Which of the following is not a reactive capability strategy?

A) machine flexibility
B) routing flexibility
C) reactive manufacturing.
D) offshoring