Deck 17: Section 3: Managing Information

Question 1

_______is a deviation in the form, condition, or appearance of a product from the quality standard for that

A) Performance breakdown
B) Quality underperformance
C) Aberration
D) Divergence
E) Variation

Answer 1

Variation

Question 2

Downtime and lost efficiency are both examples of:

A) ordering costs
B) setup costs
C) holding costs
D) stockout costs
E) depreciation costs

Answer 2

setup costs

Question 3

The three principles that characterize TQM are continuous improvement, teamwork, and:

A) third party certification
B) delegation
C) participative management
D) customer focus and satisfaction
E) distinctive competence

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following shows the correct relationship for productivity, outputs, and inputs?

A) productivity = (inputs/outputs)
B) productivity = [(inputs $x$ outputs)/100]
C) outputs = (productivity/inputs)
D) productivity = (outputs/inputs)
E) inputs = (productivity/outputs)

Question 5

Which of the following is the most flexible manufacturing operation?

A) project manufacturing
B) continuous-flow production
C) line-flow production
D) batch production
E) job shops

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a criterion on which companies are judged when applying for the Baldrige National Quality Award?

A) leadership
B) business results
C) customer and market focus
D) competitive advantage
E) process management

Question 7

The term_______ refers to restoring customer satisfaction to strongly dissatisfied customers.

A) service recovery
B) service enhancement
C) customer focus
D) customer reengineering
E) relationship marketing

Question 8

_______refers to a manufacturing operation that divides manufacturing processes into separate parts or modules that are combined to create semi-customized products.

A) Assemble-to-stock
B) Assemble-to-order
C) Make-to-order
D) Make-to-stock
E) Batch processing

Question 9

The first step in the service-profit chain is external service quality or the quality of treatment that employees receive from a company's internal service providers.

Question 10

Which of the following types of operations are most dependent on the accuracy of sales forecasts?

A) project manufacturing
B) assemble-to-order operations
C) make-to-order operations
D) buy-to-sell operations
E) make-to-stock operations

Question 11

Two common measures of productivity are extrinsic productivity and intrinsic productivity.

Question 12

The three basic measures of inventory are inventory turnover, average aggregate inventory, and:

A) inventory depreciation
B) inventory amortization
C) weeks of supply
D) multifactor inventory
E) speed of obsolescence