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MSIS 3223 Exam #2 Questions With Complete Solutions"Balance delay" is another name for the percentage of idle time
in a process layout. Correct Answer False
"Balance delay" is another name for the percentage of idle time
in a product layout. Correct Answer True
A house of quality is achieved when no department in a single
location has more than 15 percent rejects. Correct Answer
False
A job-shop processing system generally requires less-skilled
workers than a continuous processing system. Correct Answer
False
A possible disadvantage of a product layout is an inflexible
system. Correct Answer True
A service blueprint is quite similar to an architectural drawing.
Correct Answer True
A software company is weighing whether to release a new
version of its software. The company can go ahead and release
the version now and correct flaws with subsequent patches or
upgrades, or it can wait until the new version is reasonably bug-
free. This is an example of: Correct Answer Vaporware
According to the reading on restaurant sourcing practices, only
fast-food restaurants are able to bring in outsourced foods.
Correct Answer False
, Although they do not guarantee optimal solutions,
______________ are useful in finding reasonable solutions
when the number of possible options is overwhelming. Correct
Answer Heuristics
An advantage of a weighted moving average is that recent actual
results can be given more importance than what occurred a
while ago. Correct Answer True
An advantage of trend-adjusted exponential smoothing over the
linear trend equation is its ability to adjust over time to changes
in the trend Correct Answer True
An example of an external factor that influences effective
capacity is government safety regulations. Correct Answer
True
Applied research has the objective of achieving commercial
applications for new ideas. Correct Answer True
Applied research is the major R&D effort of business
organizations because of their desire for commercial
applications. Correct Answer True
Capacity decisions often involve a long-term commitment of
resources which, when implemented, are difficult or impossible
to modify without major added costs. Correct Answer True
Cellular layout is a term associated with: Correct Answer Part
families
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