QUIZ 1Question 1The Baldrige Award criteria emphasize all of the following EXCEPT:Question 2Inventory decisions and control systems involve:Question 3Costs of inspectors, testing, testing equipment, and labs are examples of:Question 4The essence of operations management can be described by:Question 5The four elements that form the heart of operations strategy include:Question 6The four common objectives of operations are:Quality, cost, delivery, and flexibilityQuestion 7Another term used for operations objectives is:Question 8A decision has been made that suppliers will be chosen based on quality rather than cost. This is an example of which of the following?Question 9Which operations objective does the author suggest as the basis for improvement in the other operations objectives?Question 10According to Michael Porter, the generic types of business strategies include:Question 11A global corporation has which of the following characteristics?Question 12Mean time between product failures:Question 13A product’s conformance to specifications:Question 14The four decision areas in operations management are:Question 15The quality cycle:Question 16Which of the following is NOT part of the quality trilogy that Juran advocates?Question 17________ is a combination of reliability and maintainability.Question 18Which of the quality gurus advocated that organizations should drive out fear from the employees?QUIZ 2Question 1A make-to-order operation would be primarily concerned with:Question 2Identify the correct statement from the given choices.Question 3An important lesson from the Hayes and Wheelwright product-process matrix is:Question 4The type of processing system that has high product variety and medium capital investment is:Question 5An example of a business/industry that uses batch flow and makes to stock is:Question 6Under lean, the ROI is increased by:Question 7Lean emphasizes all of the following except:Question 8With regards to suppliers, lean systems typically require:Question 9Reducing setup time is important because it:Question 10The ideal setup time for a lean system is:Question 11The time it takes a container to complete an entire circuit consists of:Question 12Reduction of setup time is accomplished by separating internal and external setups and:Question 13The market-pull view of new product innovation is to:Question 14Which of the following is not part of the new-product development process?Question 15Process design:Question 16Design for manufacturing involves:Question 17A large office that has a typing pool, a copying department, and all the managers in a large suite of offices is an example of:Question 18A company makes necklaces with attached letters. Department A manufactures the necklace chains and letters ahead of demand. Department B assembles the necklaces when orders are received. Departments A and B are, respectively:QUIZ 3Question 10.5 out of 0.5 pointsThe design and management of seamless, value-added processes across organizational boundaries to meet the real needs of the end customer is called: Question 20.5 out of 0.5 pointsThe five measures of supply chain performance are: Question 30.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following is true about vertical integration? Question 40.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following is a way to improve the infrastructure in the supply chain? Question 50.5 out of 0.5 pointsThe flow of materials from upstream nodes into a company is called: Question 60.5 out of 0.5 pointsAggregate planning and scheduling differ in that: Question 70.5 out of 0.5 pointsScheduling often deals with which three conflicting objectives? Question 80.5 out of 0.5 pointsThe overriding problem in batch scheduling is? Question 90 out of 0.5 pointsFinite capacity scheduling assumes which of the following? Question 100 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following questions is NOT answered by the scheduling system? Question 111 out of 2 pointsIn your own words, describe the difference between Outsourcing and Offshoring. Give some examples of both. Question 121.5 out of 2 pointsIn your own words, explain what is a Profit Margin? How can Production and Operations Management can help improve a Profit Margin for a company?QUIZ 4 Question 10.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following is NOT a characteristic of a distinctive competence? Question 20.5 out of 0.5 pointsQuality of design: Question 30.5 out of 0.5 pointsModular design involves: Question 40.5 out of 0.5 pointsQuality Function Deployment: Question 50.5 out of 0.5 pointsIn which phase of the new-product design process are considerations about tradeoffs among product cost, quality, and schedule made? Question 60.5 out of 0.5 pointsFor production control, lean pull systems are best suited for: Question 70.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhy is production leveled in a lean system? Question 80.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following statements is NOT true regarding supply chain operations? Question 90.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following is NOT a characteristic of changes in structure? (Tip: So, the way to read this question is which of the items below do you believe would NOT be a factor – or is the smallest factor – when deciding on a change to an organization’s entire physical or virtual structure?) Question 100.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following statements is NOT true about supply chain dynamics? Question 110 out of 0.5 pointsA bottleneck is: Question 120.5 out of 0.5 pointsCritical Ratio is: Question 130.5 out of 0.5 pointsCapacity, as opposed to inventory: Question 140.5 out of 0.5 pointsA replenishment-based system derives orders from: Question 150.5 out of 1 pointsIn your own words, what is the difference between a Global Market versus Global Production? Question 160 out of 1 pointsIn your own words, why does the production (or “Consumer Packaged Goods”) and retail industries currently get the most benefit of RFID implementation?QUIZ 1Question 1The Baldrige Award criteria emphasize all of the following EXCEPT:Question 2Inventory decisions and control systems involve:Question 3Costs of inspectors, testing, testing equipment, and labs are examples of:Question 4The essence of operations management can be described by:Question 5The four elements that form the heart of operations strategy include:Question 6The four common objectives of operations are:Quality, cost, delivery, and flexibilityQuestion 7Another term used for operations objectives is:Question 8A decision has been made that suppliers will be chosen based on quality rather than cost. This is an example of which of the following?Question 9Which operations objective does the author suggest as the basis for improvement in the other operations objectives?Question 10According to Michael Porter, the generic types of business strategies include:Question 11A global corporation has which of the following characteristics?Question 12Mean time between product failures:Question 13A product’s conformance to specifications:Question 14The four decision areas in operations management are:Question 15The quality cycle:Question 16Which of the following is NOT part of the quality trilogy that Juran advocates?Question 17________ is a combination of reliability and maintainability.Question 18Which of the quality gurus advocated that organizations should drive out fear from the employees?QUIZ 2A make-to-order operation would be primarily concerned with:Question 2Identify the correct statement from the given choices.Question 3An important lesson from the Hayes and Wheelwright product-process matrix is:Question 4The type of processing system that has high product variety and medium capital investment is:Question 5An example of a business/industry that uses batch flow and makes to stock is:Question 6Under lean, the ROI is increased by:Question 7Lean emphasizes all of the following except:Question 8With regards to suppliers, lean systems typically require:Question 9Reducing setup time is important because it:Question 10The ideal setup time for a lean system is:Question 11The time it takes a container to complete an entire circuit consists of:Question 12Reduction of setup time is accomplished by separating internal and external setups and:Question 13The market-pull view of new product innovation is to:Question 14Which of the following is not part of the new-product development process?Question 15Process design:Question 16Design for manufacturing involves:Question 17A large office that has a typing pool, a copying department, and all the managers in a large suite of offices is an example of:Question 18A company makes necklaces with attached letters. Department A manufactures the necklace chains and letters ahead of demand. Department B assembles the necklaces when orders are received. Departments A and B are, respectively:QUIZ 30.5 out of 0.5 pointsThe design and management of seamless, value-added processes across organizational boundaries to meet the real needs of the end customer is called: Question 20.5 out of 0.5 pointsThe five measures of supply chain performance are: Question 30.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following is true about vertical integration? Question 40.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following is a way to improve the infrastructure in the supply chain? Question 50.5 out of 0.5 pointsThe flow of materials from upstream nodes into a company is called: Question 60.5 out of 0.5 pointsAggregate planning and scheduling differ in that: Question 70.5 out of 0.5 pointsScheduling often deals with which three conflicting objectives? Question 80.5 out of 0.5 pointsThe overriding problem in batch scheduling is? Question 90 out of 0.5 pointsFinite capacity scheduling assumes which of the following? Question 100 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following questions is NOT answered by the scheduling system? Question 111 out of 2 pointsIn your own words, describe the difference between Outsourcing and Offshoring. Give some examples of both. Question 121.5 out of 2 pointsIn your own words, explain what is a Profit Margin? How can Production and Operations Management can help improve a Profit Margin for a company?QUIZ 40.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following is NOT a characteristic of a distinctive competence? Question 20.5 out of 0.5 pointsQuality of design: Question 30.5 out of 0.5 pointsModular design involves: Question 40.5 out of 0.5 pointsQuality Function Deployment: Question 50.5 out of 0.5 pointsIn which phase of the new-product design process are considerations about tradeoffs among product cost, quality, and schedule made? Question 60.5 out of 0.5 pointsFor production control, lean pull systems are best suited for: Question 70.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhy is production leveled in a lean system? Question 80.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following statements is NOT true regarding supply chain operations? Question 90.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following is NOT a characteristic of changes in structure? (Tip: So, the way to read this question is which of the items below do you believe would NOT be a factor – or is the smallest factor – when deciding on a change to an organization’s entire physical or virtual structure?) Question 100.5 out of 0.5 pointsWhich of the following statements is NOT true about supply chain dynamics? Question 110 out of 0.5 pointsA bottleneck is: Question 120.5 out of 0.5 pointsCritical Ratio is: Question 130.5 out of 0.5 pointsCapacity, as opposed to inventory: Question 140.5 out of 0.5 pointsA replenishment-based system derives orders from: Question 150.5 out of 1 pointsIn your own words, what is the difference between a Global Market versus Global Production? Question 160 out of 1 pointsIn your own words, why does the production (or “Consumer Packaged Goods”) and retail industries currently get the most benefit of RFID implementation?
