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Chapter 8 Notes - Test 2
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1All the activities required to produce goods and services
- Amass production
- BOperations management
- Creshoring
2A situation in which the U.S. manufacturers bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States
- AReshoring
- Boperations management
- Csynthetic process
3a manufacturing process that lowers the cost required to produce a large number of identical or similar products over a long period of time.
- Asynthetic process
- Banalytical process
- Cmass production
4A process in perations management in which raw materials are broken into different component parts
- AMass production
- Bsynthetic process
- Canalytical process
5A process in operations management in which raw materials or components are combined to create a finished product
- Asynthetic process
- Banalytical process
- Cmass production
6The ability of a good or service to satisfy a human need
- Aform utility
- Butility
- Cservice economy
7Utility created by people converting raw materials, finances, and information into finished products
- Aform utility
- Butility
- Cmass production
8An economy in which more effort is devoted to the production of services than to the production of goods.
- Areform utility
- Bservice economy
- Cresearch and development
9A set of activities itended to identify new ideas that have the potential to result in new goods and services
- AResearch and development (R&D)
- Bdesign planning
- Cproduct line
10The development of a plan for converting an idea into an actual product or service
- Aproduct line
- Bdesign planning
- Cutility
11a group of similar products that differ only in relatively minor characteristics.
- Adesign planning
- Blabor-intensive technology
- Cproduct line
12the process of creating a set of specifications from which a product can be produced
- Aproduct design
- Bcapacity
- Cproduct line
13the amount of products or services that an organization can produce in a given time
- Aproduct design
- Bproduct line
- Ccapacity
14a process in which people must do most of the work
- Alabor-intensive technology
- Bcapital-intensive technology
- Cplant layout
15a process in which machines and equipment do most of the work
- Acapital-intensive technology
- Bcapacity
- Clabor-intensive technology
16The arrangement of machinery, equipment, and personnel within a production facility
- Aplanning horizon
- Bproduct design
- Cplant layout
17the period during which an operational plan will be in effect
- Aplanning horizon
- Blayout
- Ccapacity
18all the activities involved in obtaining required materials, supplies, components, and parts from other firms
- Ascheduling
- Bpurchasing
- Cinventory control
19the process of managing inventories in such a way as to minimize inventory costs, including both holding costs and potential stock-out costs
- Ainventory control
- Bjust-in-time inventory system
- Cscheduling
20a computerzed system that integrates production planning and inventory control
- Ascheduling
- Binventory control
- Cmaterials requirements planning (MRP)
21a system designed to ensure that materials or supplies arrive at a facillity just when they are needed so that storage and holding costs are minimized
- Amaterials requirements planning
- Bjust-in-time inventory system
- Cscheduling
22the process of ensuring that materials and other resources are at the right place at the right time
- Ascheduling
- Bpurchasing
- Cinventory control
23an award given by the President of the United States to organizations judged to be outstanding in specific managerial tasks that lead to improved quality for both products and services
- AMalcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
- Bquality control
- Cinspection
24the process of ensuring that goods and services are produced in accordance with design specifications
- Aquality control
- Bquality circle
- Cinspection
25a team of employees who meet on company time to solve problems of product quality
- ASix Sigma
- Binspection
- Cquality circle
26the examination of quality of work-in-process
- Aquality control
- Binspection
- Cquality circle
27a disciplined approach that relies on statistical data and improved methods to eliminate defects for a firm's products and services
- ASix Sigma
- Binspection
- Cquality control
28a network of national standards institutes and similar organizations from over 160 different countries that is charged with developing standards for quality products and services that are traded throughout the globe
- AInterntional Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- BSix Sigma
- Clean manufacturing
29a concept built on the idea of eliminating waste from all of the activities required to produce a product or service
- Alean manufacturing
- Bautomation
- Crobotics
30the total or near-total use of machines to do work
- Alean manufacturing
- Bautomation
- Crobotics
31the use of programmable machines to performa variety of tasks by manipulating materials and tools
- Acomputer-aided design
- Blean manufacturing
- Crobotics
32the use of computers to aid in the development of products
- Acomputer-aided design (CAD)
- Bcomputer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
- Ccomputer-integrated manufacturing (CIM)
33the use of computers to plan and control manufacturing processes
- Acomputer-aided design (CAD)
- Bcomputer-integrated manufacturing (CIM)
- Ccomputer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
34a computer system that not only helps to design products but also controls themachinery needed to produce the finished product
- Acomputer-integrated manufacturing (CIM)
- Bcomputer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
- CComputer-aided design (CAD)
35a manufacturing process in which a firmproduces the same product(s) over a long period of time
- Aflexible manufacturing system (FMS)
- Bcontinuous process
- Cintermittent process
36a single production system that combines electornic machines and CIM
- Aflexible manufacturing system (FMS)
- Bintermittent process
- Ccontinuous process
37a manufacturing process in which a firm's manufacturing machines and equipment are changed to produce different products
- Aflexible manufacturing system (FMS)
- Bcontinuous process
- Cintermittent process
38Capacity is the degree to which input resources are physically changed by the conversion process.
- ATrue
- BFalse
39Reshoring is sometimes referred to as onshoring or insourcing.
- ATrue
- BFalse
40Operations management is the process of creating a set of specifications from which the product can be produced.
- ATrue
- BFalse
41A purchasing agent need not worry about a tiny difference in price when a large quantity is being bought.
- ATrue
- BFalse
42A synthetic process combines raw materials or components to create a finished product.
- ATrue
- BFalse
43When work stations are arranged to match the sequence of operations, a process layout is being used.
- ATrue
- BFalse
44Work-in-process inventories are raw materials and supplies waiting to be processed.
- ATrue
- BFalse
45The purpose of research and development is to identify new ideas that have the potential to result in new goods and services.
- ATrue
- BFalse
46For a good-processing plant such as Kraft Foods, capacity refers to the number of employees working on an assembly line.
- ATrue
- BFalse
47Labor-intensive technology is accompanied by low initial costs and high operating costs.
- ATrue
- BFalse
48One worker in Department A produces 45 units of work per day on a computer, whereas a co-worker produces only 40 units of work per day on a computer. Since the first worker produces more units, that worker has a
- Alower capacity to use technology
- Bhigher productivity rate
- Cdesire to help the co-worker
- Dcomputer-integrated system
- Ecomputer-aided system
49Services differ from the production of manufactured goods in all ways except that services:
- Aare consumed immediately and cannot be stored
- Baren't as important as manufactured products to the U.S. economy
- Care provided when and where the custoemr desires the service
- Dare usually labor-intensive
- Eare intangible, and it's more difficult to evalate customer service
50The goal of basic research is to
- Auncover new knowledge without regard for its potential use
- Bdiscover new knowledge with regard for potential use in development
- Cdiscover knowledge for potential use
- Dput new or existing knowledge to use
- Ecombine ideas
51Two important components of scheduling are
- Alead time and planning
- Bdesigning and arranging
- Cmonitoring and controlling
- Dplace and time
- Elogistics and flow
52A common planning horizon for production activities is:
- Aa day
- Ba week
- Ca month
- Dsix months
- Ea year
53A _________ manufacturing system combines electronic machines and computer-integrated manufacturing in a single-production system.
- Acontinuous
- Banalytic
- Csynthetic
- Dflexible
- Eautomation
54The process of acquiring materials, supplies, components, and parts from other firms is known as:
- Aacquisition
- Bplanning
- Cpurchasing
- Dinventory requisition
- Ematerials requirements planning
55Procter & Gamble uses __________ production to produce household products.
- Aefficient order
- Bdemand
- Csupply order
- Dmass
- Eeffective
56If a good or service satisfies a human need, it has
- Aform
- Bvalue
- Cfocus
- Dmagnitude
- Eutility
57The American economy is now characterized as a(n) ___________ economy.
- Acivilized
- Bstagnant
- Cservice
- Dbureaucratic
- Eindustrialized
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