Chp10 Quiz
Which of the following companies would be LEAST likely to use the continuous process? a bakery a steel manufacturer a plywood plant a chemical company an oil refinery
a bakery
_____ uses a computer to design and test new products and modify existing ones. Flexible manufacturing system Materials resource planning Just-in-time design Computer-aided design Computer-aided manufacturing
Computer-aided design
Products that are difficult to move out of a plant once they are manufactured, such as ocean-going vessels and room-sized murals, are usually manufactured in a _____ layout. customized centralized process fixed-position product
fixed-position
Production and operations management involves three main types of decisions that are made at three different stages. The first type of decision to be made deals with: production control inventory control improving production and operations production planning the establishing of critical paths
production planning
The two key aspects of production control are: labor management and raw material availability routing and inventory management raw material availability and scheduling inventory and raw material availability routing and scheduling
routing and scheduling
Operations management is: a combination of strategic and tactical management activities the management of the production conversion process a part of marketing how the firm is managed on a day-to-day basis the process of turning product research into new product development
the management of the production conversion process
Which of the following businesses would be LEAST likely to use an intermittent process? a print shop a tax service an optometrist a bakery an oil refinery
an oil refinery
Mazda once included a solar powered ventilation system on its cars. A solar panel on the roof powered a pair of fans near the trunk, which automatically turned on when the temperature in the car reached 90 degrees. Because customers were not willing to pay for this benefit and did not complain when it was no longer available, Mazda discontinued it. This is an example of: lean manufacturing manufacturing consolidation manufacturing compression concentrated manufacturing removing the fat
lean manufacturing