Up-to-date Information about production order status is required to do which of the followingtasks?
Which of the following is the fundamental difference between finite loading and other capacity planning approaches?
In which of the following phases of the product life cycle is product price most effective in influencing demand?
Which of the following inventory management techniques is most responsive to changes in demand levels?
A company that uses concurrent engineering is likely to experience which of the following outcomes in the first period of a product's life cycle?
Long lead-time items with stable demand would best be supported by a supply chain:
A newer automotive supplier has not fully developed its information technology (IT) systems. The supplier has Just received a contract from a large automotive manufacturer which requires the supplier to use electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions for receiving orders, sending advance ship notices (ASNs), and receiving invoice payments. What strategy can the supplier adopt to immediately meet the EDI requirements?
The primary outcome of frequent replenishments in a distribution requirements planning (DRP) system is that:
The costs provided in the table below are associated with buying a quantity larger than immediately needed. What Is the total landed cost based on this table?
Cost CategoryCost
Custom fees$125
Freight$700
Warehouse rent$200
Matenal cost$500
The production plan relates to a firm's financial planning because it is used to:
Under which of the following conditions is excess capacity most likely a good substitute for safety stock?
Which of the following environments is most suitable for the use of kanban systems?
A plant uses a level production strategy due to the high costs of hiring and letting go of skilled employees. The constrained resource is due to be upgraded in the fourth month of the planning horizon, and that will reduce capacity for that month by 17%.
Which of the following actions would be appropriate in this situation to maintain current levels of customer service and gross margin?
In Company XYZ, transaction-costing capability has been Integrated into the shop floor reporting system. A batch of 20 units was started in production. At the fourth operation, 20 units are reported as complete. At the fifth operation, 25 units are reported as complete. When all operations are complete, 20 units are checked into the stockroom. If the error at the fifth operation is undetected, which of the following conditions will be true?
Global outsourcing and shared suppliers serving an industry are drivers of which category of risk?
A company has a demand for 30 units of A, 40 units of B, and 50 units of C. These products are scheduled to run daily in batches of 10 as follows: ABC, ABC, ABC, CBC. What is this scheduling
technique called?
For a process that is outside its upper control limit (UCL), which of the following techniques would best be used to return the process under control?
A company implementing a localized multi-country strategy to increase market share should engage in which of the following actions?
Which of the following factors typically would distort a sales forecast that is based solely on shipment history?
Which of the following activities is an example of collaboration between suppliers and operations which would give more lead time visibility?
Which of the following trade-offs should be evaluated when determining where to place inventory in a multi-echelon supply chain network?
What is the total load requirement for this work center based on the following data?
Which of the following statements is true about the meantime between failures (MTBF) measure?
The horizon for forecasts that are input to the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process should be long enough that:
A company decided not to pursue a business opportunity In a foreign market due to political Instability and currency fluctuations. Which risk control strategy did this business utilize?
A work center has 3 machines that are all run at the same time with a single worker. The work center has an efficiency of 75% and a utilization of 100%. What is the work center's capacity in standard hours for an 8-hour shift?
Which of the following systems would be the most cost-efficient for inventory management of a low value item?
Information regarding a major new customer is received from sales. The company's most appropriate initial response would be to adjust the:
One of the benefits of Integrating a poka-yoke into the production process is that it can be used to:
In the design and development of a manufacturing process, process engineers would most likely be responsible for decisions relating to:
Labor3 people
Work hours10 hours per day
Days4 days per week
Meetings with work area employees1/2 hour per day
Work area efficiency85%
Given the information above, what is the weekly theoretical capacity of this work area in hours?
Which of the following methods most likely Introduces a temporary variance between the inventory balance and the inventory record?
A firm that currently produces all items to stock is implementing the concept of postponement in all new product designs. Which of the following outcomes is most likely to result?
Given the information below, reducing which measure by 10% would contribute most to shortening the cash-to-cash cycle time?
Which of the following production activity control (PAC) techniques focuses on optimizing output?
Which of the following circumstances would cause a move from acceptance sampling to 100% inspection?