Question 1

A firm produces 6000 products using 12 workers on a nine-hour shift. What is the labor productivity per worker?

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Question 2

A firm produces 1500 units per day using four workers on a five-hour shift. On average, 12% of the units produced are defective and must be scrapped. What is the labor productivity for non-defective units?

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Question 3

What outsourcing activities does Total Logistics Control perform for Meijer?

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Question 4

How have U.S. tobacco companies responded to public awareness of the dangers of smoking?

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Question 5

If a company's inputs for producing a certain product increase by 50% and the output increases by 90%, what is the percentage productivity increase for that product?

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Question 6

A firm produces shirts using three workers. On Wednesday, Madeline completed 110 shirts in 6 hours, Federico completed 90 shirts in 7 hours, and Susan completed 130 shirts in 9 hours. What was the overall productivity of the firm?

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Question 7

The school's cafeteria has three service lines (pizza, salads, and sandwiches). The pizza line has one server and serves 90 pizzas per hour. The salad line has two servers and they handle 140 customers in 70 minutes. The sandwich line has three servers and they supply 360 sandwiches in 90 minutes. Which service line has the highest hourly productivity?

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Question 8

What are some general technological trends in the marketplace?

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Question 9

Describe how Southwest Airlines competes on cost.

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Question 10

If a company's inputs for producing a certain product increase by 10% and the output increases by 25%, what is the percentage productivity increase for that product?

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Question 11

For what entities can productivity be measured?

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Question 12

At the national level why is it important to measure productivity?

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Question 13

Discuss how the operation strategy categories of structure and infrastructure determine the nature of the company's operations function.

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Question 14

Suggest some core competencies that companies may have.

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Question 15

A machine shop produces hangers on two different machines. Machine 1 can produce a hanger every 15 minutes. Machine 2 can produce a hanger every 10 minutes. What is the average productivity per machine?

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Question 16

Last week George mowed 6 lawns in two days. This week he mowed 8 lawns in three days. In which week was George more productive?

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Question 17

A new milling machine can process 2000 jobs in 8 hours. What is the productivity of the machine?

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Question 18

A mission statement answers what three overriding questions?

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Question 19

What is management guru Tom Peters' famous quote regarding outsourcing? What is his main point?

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Question 20

Define "environmental scanning."

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