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Production and operations management
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Which of the following statements concerning the U.S. service sector today is most accurate?
It focuses more on reducing costs of production.
It has become the low-wage sector of the U.S. economy.
The sector has grown much faster than manufacturing sector.
2
To reduce order inventories, most assembly plants have adopted what inventory system
strategic alliance
rotational
just-in-time
balanced
3
Designing and making custom-made guitars is an example of which of the following processes?
Assembly process
Analytic system
Continuous process
Intermittent process
4
How can the U.S. businesses maintain a competitive edge?
Focusing on quality
Focusing on Customers
Maintaining close relationships with suppliers
Practicing continuous improvement
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The ________ puts together components to make a finished product.
CAD/CAM
assembly process
production management
site selection
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Form Utility
Value producers add to materials in creation of finish goods
IDK
That was supposed to be finished goods
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New production techniques have:
is possible to custom-make products for individual buyers.
been implemented primarily by advanced foreign manufacturers
been largely ignored.
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What statement is most accurate in describing the trend in manufacturing in the United States?
Foreign competition has not affected U.S. manufacturers.
The U.S. is expected to become a manufacturing-based economy
Manufacturing jobs in the U.S. have declined significantly.
Traditional manufacturing techniques are the most efficient
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When you determine which parts of the project are in progress and which have been completed
MBO standards award.
The Clinton Customer Excellence Award.
ISO 14000 standards.
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
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Production is the creation of goods using what?
Land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship and knowledge
Labor, stupidity, capital and land
Land, water, entrepreneurship and capital
Capital, is the only thing
11
The darkened boxes are the
critical path
because ________.
represents the path of tasks that will take the longest
tasks you could consider for elimination
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U.S. is still the leader in nanotechnology and ___________.
Telecommunications
Energy technology
biotechnology
Industry
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What is Operations Management
An area of management that transforms goods into services
An area of management that transforms services into goods
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The United States has:
become a service-based economy.
begun to see a major rise in U.S. manufacturing jobs.
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What it called when skilled employees can work from remote locations.
telecommuting
teleportation
interfirm communication
just-in-time systems
