Manu Midterm

chase strategy

In the agriculture industry, migrant workers are commonly employed to pick crops ready for harvest. They are hired as needed and are laid off once the crops are picked. The realities of the industry make this approach necessary. Which production planning strategy best describes this approach?

dependent demand

MRP is based on what type of demand?

service

a business where the major product is intangible, meaning it cannot be weighed or measured

gantt chart

a chart that shows both the time and sequence for completing the activities in a project

delivery

a type of process that moves products to warehouses or customers

making

a type of process where a major product is produced or a service is provided

critical path

activities that in sequence form the longest chain in a project

true

an engineer-to-order firm will work with the customer to design the product, and then make it from purchased materials, parts, and components

work breakdown structure

defines the hierarchy of project tasks, subtasks, and work packages

assemble-to-order

dell computers' primary consumer business takes orders from customers for specific configurations of desktop and laptop computers. Customers must select from a certain model line of computer, and choose from available parts, but within those constraints may customize the computer as they desire. Once the order is received, Dell assembles the computer as ordered and delivers it to the customer. What type of manufacturing is described here?

efficiency

doing something at the lowest possible cost

effectiveness

doing the right things to create the most value for the company

at least yearly

how often should a company develop and refine the operations and supply chain strategy

stakeholders

individuals or organizations that are influenced by the actions of the firm

medium-range planning

major operations and supply planning activities can be grouped into categories based on the relevant time range of the activity. Into what time range category does sales and operations planning fit?

lean manufacturing

manufacturing designed to achieve high customer satisfaction with minimum levels of inventory investment

produces a product or delivers a service

operations and supply chain management is concerned with the design and management of the entire system that has what function?

activities

pieces of work in a project that consume time to complete

returning

processes that involve the receiving of worn-out, defective, and excess products returned by customers and support for customers who have product problems

disruption risks

risks caused by natural or human-made disasters, and therefore impossible to reliably predict, are called __

milestones

specific events that upon completion mark important progress toward completing a project

value

the attractiveness of a product relative to its price

inventory

the customer order decoupling point determines the position of what in the supply chain

slack

the difference between the late and early start time for an activity

crashing

the procedure sued to reduce project completion time by trading off time versus cost

planning

the processes needed to determine the set of future actions required to operate an existing supply chain

sourcing

the selection of suppliers

false

true or false: a continuous process indicates production of discrete parts moving from workstation to workstation at a controlled rate

true

true or false: a project layout is characterized by a relatively low number of units produced in comparison with process and product layout formats

true

true or false: one difference between an assembly line process flow and a continuous process flow is that on the assembly line the flow is discrete rather than continuous

true

true or false: the product-process matrix shows the relationship between process structures and product volume

true

true or false: the term "assembly line" refers to progressive assembly linked by some material handling device

strategy, processes, and analytics

what are the three elements that require integration to be successful in operations and supply chain management?

Master production schedule, bill-of-materials, inventory records file

what are the three primary data sources used by the MRP system?

design quality and process quality

what are the two characteristics of a product or service that define quality

delivery speed and delivery reliability

what are the two main competitive dimensions related to product delivery?

short-range planning

what category of planning covers a period from a day to six months, with daily or weekly time increments?

product structure tree

what is another common name for the bill-of-materials?

supply chain risk

what is defined as the likelihood of disruption that would impact the ability of a company to continuously supply products or services?

sourcing the parts we need

what is the first of the three simple steps in the high-level view of manufacturing

first-come, first-served

what is the most commonly used priority rule for setting queue discipline, likely because it is seen as the most fair?

mixed strategy

what is the term for a more complex production strategy that combines approaches from more than one basic strategy?

competitive dimensions

what is the term used to describe product attributes that attract certain customers and can be used to form the competitive position of a firm

product-service bundling

when a company builds service activities into its product offerings

master production scheduling

which scheduling process drives requirements in the MRP process?