Operation Management Many companies require their suppliers
Many companies require their suppliers to meet what standards as a condition for obtaining contracts?
RFO 6000
PUR 8000
ISO 9000
MACH 5000
SUP 2000
Empire West displays what by specializing in making a wide variety of products?
outsourcing
SCM
quality
flexibility
efficienc
Environmental scanning would not provide information on:
sources of highly trained workers
the firm2019s internal inefficient distribution system
opportunities and threats
changes in information technology
changes in global competition
During the 1970s and 1980s, firms from which country provided the most serious competitive threat to U.S. companies?
Germany
Canada
Mexico
Japan
United Kingdom Suppose that a plant has a daily productivity of 0.85 parts per employee? What can we conclude?
the plant must be very labor-intensive
the plant is not earning profits
the plant must be highly automated
the plant should lay off workers
nothing
Which of the following is a disadvantage of automation?
inefficiency for producing large volumes
harder to monitor quality
inconsistency of products
frequent interruptions of production
inflexibility for product and process changes
Which of the following is not an argument in favor of having a single supplier?
Quantity discounts may be achieved.
Partnering becomes more possible.
Consistency of input materials is achieved.
Probability of assured supply is better.
Deliveries can be scheduled more easily.
To perform the financial calculations of the make-or-buy decision, which costs are needed?
Fixed and variable
Fixed and average
Variable and average
Variable only
Average only
Benetton is well known for the practice of assembling all white sweaters and waiting to dye them much closer to the time of sale. This is an example of what?
Stupidity
Postponement
Fractionalization
Partitioning
Genericness
Leveraging core competence is about sharing:
workers
knowledge
machines
expenses
financial hedges
Quality at the source is the belief that it is far better to _______ quality problems and _____ them than to discard defective items after production.
uncover the person generating, fire
uncover the source of, correct
discover new methods of, implement
discover new processes of, implement
allow returns of, fix
Many companies require their suppliers to meet what standards as a condition for obtaining contracts?
RFO 6000
PUR 8000
ISO 9000
MACH 5000
SUP 2000
Empire West displays what by specializing in making a wide variety of products?
outsourcing
SCM
quality
flexibility
efficienc
Environmental scanning would not provide information on:
sources of highly trained workers
the firm2019s internal inefficient distribution system
opportunities and threats
changes in information technology
changes in global competition
During the 1970s and 1980s, firms from which country provided the most serious competitive threat to U.S. companies?
Germany
Canada
Mexico
Japan
United Kingdom Suppose that a plant has a daily productivity of 0.85 parts per employee? What can we conclude?
the plant must be very labor-intensive
the plant is not earning profits
the plant must be highly automated
the plant should lay off workers
nothing
Which of the following is a disadvantage of automation?
inefficiency for producing large volumes
harder to monitor quality
inconsistency of products
frequent interruptions of production
inflexibility for product and process changes
Which of the following is not an argument in favor of having a single supplier?
Quantity discounts may be achieved.
Partnering becomes more possible.
Consistency of input materials is achieved.
Probability of assured supply is better.
Deliveries can be scheduled more easily.
To perform the financial calculations of the make-or-buy decision, which costs are needed?
Fixed and variable
Fixed and average
Variable and average
Variable only
Average only
Benetton is well known for the practice of assembling all white sweaters and waiting to dye them much closer to the time of sale. This is an example of what?
Stupidity
Postponement
Fractionalization
Partitioning
Genericness
Leveraging core competence is about sharing:
workers
knowledge
machines
expenses
financial hedges
Quality at the source is the belief that it is far better to _______ quality problems and _____ them than to discard defective items after production.
uncover the person generating, fire
uncover the source of, correct
discover new methods of, implement
discover new processes of, implement
allow returns of, fix
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