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Final Flashcards

1
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Conformance quality is a strategic decision for a firm

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False

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2
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People had a message about outstanding quality. What was part of the message?

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Customer focus

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3
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A flowchart as part of six sigma improvement process might be found in which DMAIC category

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Define

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4
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Fishbone diagram is in which DIAMAC category

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Analyze

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5
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Pareto chart is in which DMAIC category

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Measure

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6
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What companies are eligible for the baldrige award

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Auditing firms

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7
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Dimension of design quality that concerns the characteristics of the product is what

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Aesthetics

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8
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One of the daily delicate balancing acts that logistics managers have to perform involves the trade off between transportation costs and fulfillment speed

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True

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9
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Avg cost of inventory in the US is 20-25 percent of value

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False

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10
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Which is not one category of manufacturing inventory

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Just in time

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11
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Which of the following is an inventory holding cost

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Breaking

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12
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Which is a fixed time inventory model

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Periodic system model

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13
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Which is not an assumption of the basic fixed order whisking inventory model

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Diminishing returns to scale of holding inventory

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14
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Henry Ford used JIT concepts as he streamlined his moving assembly lines to make automobiles in the early 1900s

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True

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15
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Lean production replaced JIT in the 1990s because JIT didn’t address the problem of reducing waste

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False

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16
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Group technology cells help to eliminate movement and queue time between operations

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True

17
Q

The goal of JIT production is to drive all inventory queues lower

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False

18
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Uniform plant loading is where you schedule production with different amounts of the same product each day of the week to permit variation to meet changing demand requirements

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False

19
Q

Which is related to lean production

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Philosophy of waste elimination

20
Q

To implement lean production schedules a firms should do what

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Have excess capacity

21
Q

To implement a flow process in developing a lean system a firm may do what

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Reduce setup or changeover time

22
Q

An activity where the parts that go into each unit are periodically removed from inventory and accounted for based on the number of units produced is called

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Backflush

23
Q

Lean concepts discussed in the text don’t include what

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Kaizen burst

24
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Strategic sourcing is the development and management of supplier relations to acquire goods in a way that achieves the immediate needs of the business

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True

25
Q

Retailer behavior when stocking during promotion periods is called backward buying

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False

26
Q

Best strategy for innovative products is the use either a responsive or an agile supply chain

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True

27
Q

Logistics is a term indicating transportation choices for goods produced internally but consumed domestically

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False

28
Q

Organizationally driven reason for outsourcing is that it can improve effectiveness on what the firm does best

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True

29
Q

Inventory turnover ratio used in measuring supply chain efficiency is found by the ratio of which of the following

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Cost of goods sold/avg aggregate inventory value

30
Q

Total value of all items held in inventory at firm valued at cost

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Avg aggregate inventory value

31
Q

Effect of lack of synchronization among supply chain members is referred to as which of the following

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Bullwhip effect

32
Q

What is not an organizationally driven reason for outsourcing

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Improve credibility and image by associating with superior providers

33
Q

What is an improvement driven reason for outsourcing

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Shorten cycle time

34
Q

What is not an improvement driven reason to outsource

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Enhance effectiveness by focusing on what you do best

35
Q

When considering outsourcing, what should firms avoid

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Giving the outsourcing partner opportunities to become a strong competitor

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