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ReviewQuestionsforFinalExamIMBA

ReviewQuestionsforFinalExam:

IMBA-LanzhouUniversity2014

I.TrueorFalseQuestions:

1.Productionandoperationsmanagementconceptsandtechniquesarelimitedtomanufacturingorganizations.

2.Allproductionactivitiesshouldstartwiththemarketplace--whatthecustomervalues.

3.POMinteractswithmostothermanagementsystemswithintheorganization.

4.Processselectionischoosingthemethodsbywhichrawmaterialinputsaretransferredintoproductoutputs.

5.Thefirstdecisionincreatingaproductionsystemisdefiningtheprocesstechnology.

6.Thechoiceoftypeofmanufacturingprocessistypicallymadeaccordingtoproductionvolume.

7.Thevariablecostperunitislowerforcontinuousthanbatchprocessing.

8.Thevolumeofproductionishigherforassemblythanjobshopprocessing.

9.Theleveloffixedcostishigherforcontinuousthanjobshopprocessing.

10.Theroutingsofmaterialaremorecomplexforcontinuousprocessingthanbatchprocessing.

11.Theuseofspecializedequipmentislessforcontinuousprocessingthanbatchprocessing.

12.Thelevelofautomationisgreaterforjobshopthanprojectshop.

13.Theproductivityoflaborislessforcontinuousthanbatchprocessing.

14.Asproductionprocessesevolvefrombatchtocontinuousflow,theproductlinenarrows.

15.TheprimaryadvantageofCIMisintheintegrationofitscomponenttechnologies.

16.Productdesignandprocessselectionisgenerallylessformalizedinservicesthaninmanufacturing.

17.AnessentialfeatureofMcDonald'ssuccessiscustomizationintheproductionprocess.

18.Themajordifferencebetweenamanufacturingandaservicesystemisthatmanufacturingrequirestheproductionofaphysicalproductwhileaservicedoesnot.

19.Thecapacityoftheproductionsystemdefinesthefirm'scompetitiveboundaries.

20.Designcapacityreferstotheamountthatacompanycanproduceundernormaloperatingconditions.

21.Economyofscaleisminimizedwhenafirmachievesthebestoperatinglevel.

22.Onereasonthatitisdifficulttobalancecapacitywithdemandindifferenttimeperiodsis

thateachperiodmayhaveadifferentbestoperatinglevel.

23.Thegeneralobjectiveofafacilitylayoutistoensureasmoothworkflow（inafactory）or

aparticulartrafficpatterninaserviceorganization.

24.Ofthe4typesoflayoutsdiscussedinclass,itwouldbeunusualandunprofitableforone

companytoutilizeacombinationofoneormoreoftheselayoutsinoneoperation.

25.TheCRAFTlayoutprogramwillalwaysyieldanoptimalsolution.

26.Thebasicdifferencebetweenproductlayoutandaprocesslayoutisthepatternofworkflow.

27.AccordingtoJapaneseManagement,thetoppriorityofproductionlinesisthelinebalance.

28.Facilitylocationreferstothesiteselectionoftheplant（orservicebranch）.

29.Theclassicalprincipleforjobdesignconsidersonlytheefficiencyoflabor.

30.Closecontrolovertheworkflowisoneoftheadvantagesofspecializationoflabor.

31.Verticaljobenlargementgivestheworkercertainmanagerialpowersoverhisownwork.

32.Ajobissaidtobeenlargedhorizontallyiftheworkerisinvolvedinplanning,organizing,and

inspectinghisownwork.

33.Theconceptsofjobenlargementandjobenrichmentwereintroducedprimarilytoincreaseoutputlevel.

34.Elementalstandard-timedataisusefulbecauseitsavesthetimetorepeattimestudiesforsimilarwork-tasksequences.

35.Oneoftheadvantagesofworksamplingisthatseveralstudiescanbecarriedonsimultaneously.

36.Predeterminedmotion-timestudyrequiretheassumptionthatthetimerequiredbymanyindividualsperformingthesameworkelementwillfallintoabell-shaped"normaldistribution."

37.Theworksamplingmethodisbasedonthetheoryofstatisticalprobability.

38.Thefundamentalprinciplewhichunderliesworksamplingisthatthenumberofobservationsis

proportionaltotheamountoftimespentintheparticularactivityofinterest.

39.Theratingfactorisan"adjustmentfactor"usedtonormalizethetimeforajob.

40.Timestudyisusefulindeterminingthestandardtimesfortasksalreadybeingperformed,whereaspredeterminedmotiontimesystemspermitdevelopingstandardtimesfortasksnotyetperformed.

41.Learningcurvesdealwiththelossofaskillwithtime.

42.Thelearningcurveismostappropriateforautomaticwork.

43.Learningcurvetheoryisbasedonthreeassumptions:

amountoftimetocompleteataskwillincreaseeachtimeataskisdone,timewilldecreaseatadecreasingrate,reductionintimedoesnotfollowapredictablepattern.

44.Alearningcurveisalineshowingtherelationshipbetweenunitproductiontimeandthenumberofconsecutiveunitsofproduction.

45.Theamountoflearningshownbyalearningcurvedependsonthelearning