Intro to Business - Chapter 10

Which of the following manufacturers would be most likely to use a product layout?

a motorcycle manufacturer

A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) combines all of the following EXCEPT:

human resources

Good routing procedures:

increase productivity

The Japanese inventory system that minimizes inventory costs and provides those inputs as they are needed for a particular production run is called the ______ system.

just-in-time

Which of the following is the BEST example of process manufacturing?

lamb's wool

_____ uses a computer to design and test new products and modify existing ones.

Computer-aided design

_____ is a computerized resource planning system that includes information about the firm's suppliers and customers as well as data generated internally.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

_____ is the management of the production conversion process for both goods and services.

Operations management

PERT charts differ from critical path method (CPM) in one important way. PERT charts _____, and the CPM does not.

assign three time estimates for each activity

With ____, when a part is redesigned in the computer-aided design system, the changes are quickly transmitted both to the machines producing the part and to all other departments that need to know about and plan for the change.

computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)

The _____ is an important scheduling tool for large projects. It breaks the projects into a sequence of events and smaller tasks.

critical path method

Cellular manufacturing combines aspects of both:

fixed position and assembly-line layouts

A continuous production process has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:

low volume

There is a facility in California that takes off-the-shelf Ford Mustangs and hones them into high-performance vehicles. The assembly line at this facility is simply a line of cars on hand-pushed carts that are moved from station to station, but many of the operations that are typically performed in an assembly plant do take place here. Using this system the company has turned out over 8,000 vehicles, more than any other American specialty vehicle manufacturer. This is an example of:

mass customization

Many companies keep a continuously updated list of inventory levels, orders, sales, and receipts. This is called a(n) _____ inventory.

perpetual

During production planning, the operations manager must make decisions about all of the following EXCEPT:

product design

What management function is production manager Cedric Stein using when he orders aluminum component parts (bumpers, drive trains, etc.) to be used in the production of Audi cars in Audi's Neckarsulm plant?

purchasing

What do Gantt charts and PERT charts have in common?

They are both common scheduling tools for complex situations.

_____ management emphasizes the use of quality principles in all aspects of a company's operations.

Total quality

Which of the following businesses is most likely to consider proximity to raw materials when locating a new manufacturing plant?

a company that provides fresh baked goods for restaurants