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An inspection _____ - ANSWER checks or verifies the results of another activity.
Identify the characteristics of a strategic capacity change. - ANSWER - It includes large
increases or decreases in capacity.
-It takes long time to implement.
- It requires changes to labor, equipment, and space.
______ is defined as the percentage of process capacity that is actually used. - ANSWER
Utilization
Match the constraining resource with its period of time with the type of capacity
alteration that would be needed. - ANSWER - Equipment, space - short run --> Rental or
leasing
-Low-skilled labor - short run --> hiring part time or over time
-Physical plant - long run --> New building, outsourcing
Name the four main reasons for economies of scale in operations. - ANSWER -Division of
fixed costs
-Equipment and construction costs
-Lower cost to buy
-Learning curves or practice increase output volume/quantity when employees become
more skilled
A car manufacturing company utilizes a unique alloy to produce its car chassis. The
by-product of that process is environmental waste. For this question, environmental
waste would be considered a form of ____. - ANSWER Accidental/Unintended output
, The constricting activity in a process that limits the overall output is called a ______. -
ANSWER bottleneck
Match the outputs with their respective business process. - ANSWER -Supply
management--> Order fulfillment, production schedules, goods and services
-Innovation --> New products and new production technologies
-Strategic planning --> Vision and long-term objectives and plans
-Customer service --> Order entry, delivery commitments, resolve customer problems
- Performance measurement --> performance variances, trends
______ is the percentage of units successfully produced as a percentage of inputs. -
ANSWER Yield rate
A ____ is a system of structured activities that use resources to transform inputs into
valuable outputs. - ANSWER process
Which of the following statements are true of maximum capacity. - ANSWER - Maximum
capacity is also known as design capacity.
-Design capacity is the engineering estimate of maximum output, assuming plant and
equipment operate continuously except for effective maintenance and repair time.
- An assumption of full capacity is that all equipment and workers are fully operational
for the maximum amount of available time.
-Producing at the rate of maximum capacity can only be sustained for a short period of
time.
______ time is the amount that an item spends waiting. - ANSWER Wait
Identify the three general strategies involved while determining when to change
capacity relative to demand. - ANSWER -Capacity lag strategy
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