Deck 6: Operations Producing Goods and Services

Question 1

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

A) economies of scale.
B) economies of scope.
C) routing flexibility.
D) work centers.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Most processes are basically organized the same.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A workcenter is a fixed layout where the product remains in place for the duration of production.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

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

Question 5

Packaging is very important in the manufacturing operation.

Question 6

Machine flexibility provides the ability to produce different types of products as well as change the order of operations executed on a product.

Question 7

In assemble-to-order production:

A) customer orders are filled from finished goods inventories, and production orders are used to replenish finished goods inventories.
B) the finished product is a combination of standard and custom-designed components that meet unique needs of a specific customer.
C) the finished product is generally a combination of common components and a limited number of options or accessories made available to the customer.
D) highly tailored products are created for the customer whose specifications require unique engineering design or significant customization.

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

Manufacturing and production operations create form utility.

Question 11

The 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 12

MRP is most effective at managing independent demand items.

Question 13

Capacity requirements planning is used to check the feasibility of the materials requirement plan.

Question 14

Capacity planning and materials planning are the same.

Question 15

A newly launched twenty-first century addition to production strategy which leverages lean manufacturing strategies, Six Sigma best practices, and real-time actionable intelligence from the factory floor is called:

A) just-in-time inventory.
B) adaptive manufacturing.
C) machine flexibility.
D) capacity requirements planning.

Question 16

Offshoring is a term that means relocating an activity to a contract manufacturer in another country.

Question 17

In an MRP system, this document identifies all of the components required to assemble an independent demand item.

A) Inventory status file
B) Bill of materials
C) Master production schedule
D) None of these answers

Question 18

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

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

A project layout is:

A) a floor plan of the production facility.
B) a fixed location layout where the product remains in place for the duration of production.
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 22

Which of the following types of production processes use tools and equipment that are generalized in nature?
A) Assembly line

A) Batch
B) Continuous process
C) Job shop

Question 23

Packaging is:

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

Question 24

Which of these is not a production method?

A) Make-to-stock
B) Create-to-order
C) Build-to-order
D) Assemble-to-order

Question 25

A push-based strategy works well for supply chains that focus on:
A) lean production.

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

Question 26

Capacity is:

A) determined by lean manufacturing.
B) the maximum amount of square footage available for inventory storage in a facility.
C) determined by raw materials flows.
D) the maximum amount of work that an organization is capable of completing in a given period of time.

Question 27

Discuss the challenges facing production managers.

Question 28

Discuss the role of production operations in Supply Chain Management (SCM).

Question 29

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

Question 30

Lean production relies on:

A) pull-based systems.
B) push-based systems.
C) the Toyota production system (TPS).
D) just-in-time systems.

Question 31

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 32

What is offshoring? How does it affect manufacturing and logistics?

Question 33

Discuss the role of packaging from a logistics perspective.

Question 34

What is the "bullwhip effect," and how does it affect manufacturing?

Question 35

Which of the following is not a reactive capability strategy?

A) Machine flexibility
B) Routing flexibility
C) Resource requirements planning
D) Offshoring

Question 36

Discuss the three planning timeframes, how they relate to capacity planning and materials planning, and the various tools associated with them.

Question 37

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