Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259142208
Author: CACHON, Gérard, Terwiesch, Christian
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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To determine: The option that is an inefficiency in the operations of grocery store due to inflexibility.
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Which of the following is the difference between Manufacturing operations Vs. Service operations?
a.
Little customer participation in the production process; Direct customer participation in the service offered.
b.
Intangible output; Tangible output
c.
Output is consumed as it is produced; Output consumed over a period of time.
d.
More labor and less equipment; Less labor more equipment.
A local manufacturer of yachts starts out making a few boats using job production. As its popularity grows it switches to batch production. Finally, it becomes an international firm and produces many yachts using flow production.
a. Distinguish between Job, Batch, and Flow production?
b. Examine the likely effects of these changes in operation on quality, price, and choice
Which of the following would be important in most operations management strategies?
A) Aligning with the organizational strategy.
B) Pursuing a low-cost approach to production.
C) Constantly improving quality
D) A and C above.
E) A and B above.
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- A major objective of operating systems is to achieve effective operations through efficient use of resources. Which of the following objectives of operations management addresses the above statement? a. Customer services b. Manufacturing cost c. Right time d. Resource utilizationarrow_forwardGiven this set of daily service operations, and assuming a processing order of A-B-C-D-E:a. Give one reason that each arrangement might be preferred over the other.b. Determine the number of repetitions for each service if four cycles are used.c. Determine the number of repetitions for each service if two cycles are used.Service Operation Number of Daily RepsA 22B 12C 4D 18E 8arrow_forwardWhich of the following types of operations is used in oil refineries that produce gasoline and other refined petroleum products? a. Job shop. b. Continuous processing. c. Batch processing. d. Assembly line. e. None of the above.arrow_forward
- If operation is maximizing at 75% effective capacity while product demands keeps on growing. The following is best to keep pace with increasing demands EXCEPT______. a. utilizes unproductive time and monitor operation b. realign of equipment maintenance schedule c. quickly add capacity as barrier to entry d. diverts customer to other supplierarrow_forwardDemand Planning and Operations are an official Image of the Logistics. a. False B. Truearrow_forward. Which of the following questions is NOT related to operations management?a. When will the demand be fulfilled?b. How much will the CEO be paid?c. Who are the customers?d. How efficiently are the products or services delivered?e. Where will the demand be fulfilled?f. What is the product or service?arrow_forward
- A shoe manufacturer that operates 8 hours a day (no break) has developed a new sneaker per an important client's request. However, the client does not want to proceed with an order if the manufacturer cannot reach at least 88% efficiency during production. If SAM (standard allowed minute) to complete 1 pair of shoes is 30 minutes, how many pairs of shoes must each employee at the factory produce in a day to meet this client's requirements? Round your answer to the nearest whole number, but do not round until your final answer. Group of answer choices 14 pairs 16 pairs 15 pairs 12 pairsarrow_forwardEfficient operations is said to border around the effectiveness of four major decision areas, namelyprocess, capacity, quality and inventory. Your company which has a normal operating capacity of1,000,000 units of its products per a four week month, five days a week and a working shift of eight (8)hours a day has landed a lucrative one-off order for the manufacture of additional 1,000,000 units of itsproducts to be delivered over two months.As the operations manager, you have been tasked to;Explain the measures you can take as the operations manager to temporarily manage your operationalcapacity to meet this one off short term contract.arrow_forwardThe break-even point is:a) adding processes to meet the point of changing productdemands.b) improving processes to increase throughput.c) the point in dollars or units at which cost equals revenue.d) adding or removing capacity to meet demand.e) the total cost of a process alternative.arrow_forward
- The operations function is made up of many tasks including all of the following except a) Managing inventory b) Scheduling production c) Equipment acquisitions d) Designing jobs e) All of the abovearrow_forwardCalculate the total number of machine-hours needed to produce enough units to meet the sales demand for the two products. Total number of machine hours Marwick Innovations, Inc. produces exercise and fitness gear. Two of its newer products require a finishing process that can only be completed on machines that were recently purchased for this purpose. The machines have a maximum capacity of 10,500 machine hours, and no other products that the company makes use these machines.Sarah Jacob, the company’s operations manager, is preparing the production schedule for the coming month and can’t seem to find enough machine time to produce enough units to meet the customer demand that the marketing department has included in the sales budget.Michael Stoner, the company’s controller, has gathered the following information about the two products: DumbbellRack WeightBench Selling price per unit $50 $60 Direct materials 20 12 Direct labor…arrow_forwardIs operations management necessary in organization's ? - True - Falsearrow_forward
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