FiltersDone

Question type

Essay

Multiple Choice

Short Answer

True False

Matching

Exam 11: Operations Management in Manufacturing and Service Industries

Show Answer

Share

---

All types

Filters

Study FlashcardsPractice ExamLearn

Question 61

True/False

Review LaterAdd Note

Review Later

A computer manufacturer that arranges its computer assembly into self-contained teams of employees working in a U-shaped formation so that they can share the workload and handle all aspects of building the computers is using a process layout.

Correct Answer

verified

Show Answer

Question 62

True/False

Review LaterAdd Note

Review Later

Bob Montgomery, CEO of PowerSki, used a computer-aided design (CAD) software package to operate the industrial robots used in the production of the jetboards.

Correct Answer

verified

Show Answer

Question 63

Multiple Choice

Review LaterAdd Note

PowerSki uses _____ to transmit design changes to suppliers of the 340 components that make up the Jetboard.

All decisions made in the planning stage, which have long-range implications and are crucial to a firm's success, involve _____.

For complex schedules, operations managers may use PERT charts to diagram the activities required to produce a good.

Standardized products that have come off assembly lines are produced by a process known as _____.

What three questions should be addressed during the first step in production planning?

As an operations manager at Century Unlimited Industries, Sylvia Moses uses basic MRP to focus on material planning and the more sophisticated system called _____ to help monitor resources in all areas of the company.

Let's say that you bought a TV on eBay and paid for it electronically. To process your transaction and transmit all of your purchasing documents, the manufacturer might use an _____ system.

Which of the following is least likely to be outsourced by a bank

Intangibility refers to which of the following

A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) integrates the capabilities of a CAD/CAM system with other computer-based functions.

A fast food hamburger restaurant that uses a _____ production method will generally have a low level of hamburgers sitting around.

Which of the following materials management activities is concerned with making sure the company has enough materials on hand to meet its production schedule

How do CIM (computer-integrated manufacturing) systems expand the capabilities of CAD/CAM?

A computer-aided design (CAD) system allowed PowerSki's CEO, Bob Montgomery, to do all of the following except:

What do we mean when we refer to "product capacity"

In the past, many companies guarded against the possibility of running out of materials and consequently stopping production by using a just-in-time inventory system.

Mass production is the practice of producing high volumes of identical goods at low cost and held in inventory in anticipation of future demand.

Before making decisions about the operations process, operations managers must consider the goals set by marketing manager.