Kahoot Flashcards
The current trend in operation management is to move from :
a) Standard products to mass customization
b) partners for supply to purchase the cheapest offer
c) Short product development to long product development
d) multi-skilled and empowered to specialized employees.
a) Standard products to mass customization
What is the most appropriate tool to identify the causes of a problem?
a)Pareto diagram
b)Quality function deployment
c) Fishbone diagram (Ishikawa)
d) Poka-yoke
c) Fishbone diagram (Ishikawa)
Customers can configure the products to their “liking” and manufacturers can reduce costs, these characteristics…
a) Mass production
b) mass Customization
c) Batch production
d) Personalization by project
b) mass Customization
Applying the TOC (Theory of constraints), the best point to control the product quality is :
a) Before the bottleneck
b) at the end of the process
c) after the bottleneck
d) when receiving the raw material
a) Before the bottleneck
What was Federick W. Taylor’s great contribution to production processes at the time?
a) The assembly line
b) The division of labor and separation of tasks
c) The use of standardized and interchangeable parts
d) Time and motion study
d) Time and motion study
How long will the project take if there is no delay in any activity?
a) 13
b) 15
c) 14
d) 16
b) 15
Reverse engineering is the process carried out with the aim of:
a) design more robust products
b) Build a product from recycled raw materials
c) disassemble a product extracting information about it
d) re-design the product, reducing components and costs.
c) disassemble a product extracting information about it
What characteristics corresponds to services
a) tangible products
b) low interaction with the client
c) production generally separated from consumption
d) They can not be stored in the output of the process
d) They can not be stored in the output of the process
Who proposed the principles of scientific management and motion studies in surgical procedures?
a) Frank Gilbreth
b) Henry Ford
c) Eli whitney
d) Frederick Taylor
a) Frank Gilbreth
What is Eli Whitney’s great contribution to production processes at the time?
a) The division of labor and separation of tasks
b) time and motion study
c) the use of standardized and interchangeable parts
d) the assembly fine
c) the use of standardized and interchangeable parts
Product is a composition of
a) goods and services
b) clients and suppliers
c) inputs and outputs
d) costs and added value
a) goods and services
What characteristic corresponds to goods
a) high interaction with the client
b) Production usually separated from consumption
c) can not be inventoried at the entrance of the process
d) They are not transportable or re-salable
b) Production usually separated from consumption
In relation to capacity planning and capacity utilization, when productive capacity exceeds demand we can…
a) increase prices, scheduling a longer delivery time
b)Increase production capacity to achieve economies of scale
c)Produce products with complementary demand patterns
d) Layoffs and plant closures to adjust production to meet demand
d) Layoffs and plant closures to adjust production to meet demand
In relation to capacity planning and capacity utilization, when demand exceeds production capacity we can…
a) reduce demand by raising prices and increasing lead times
b) Reduce the price to stimulate consumption and sell cheaper
c) Layoffs and plant closures to adjust production to meet demand
d) Produce products with complementary demand patterns
a) reduce demand by raising prices and increasing lead times
Choose the best reason to work with diseconomies of scale
a) seek to reduce unit cost to a minimum
b) reduce inventory by selling more
c) seek a higher market share but with lower profits
d) “Eliminate” the competitor at any cost
a) seek to reduce unit cost to a minimum
Developing and producing products with different seasonal demands makes it possible to…
a) balancing the use of productive resources
b) reduce the impact of failures on the production line
c) Balancing and eliminating the bottleneck
d) Reducing global warming
a) balancing the use of productive resources
In the inventory model with fixed order quantity (EDQ), The economic lot is determined when….
a) the cost of storage is minimal
b) Storage cost is the same as ordering cost
c) The cost of ordering is minimal
d) demand is dependent
b) Storage cost is the same as ordering cost
Which method is the most appropriate to define location, when there are several factors with different importance?
a) center-of-gravity method
b) factor-rating method
c) random method
d) break-even analysis
b) factor-rating method
The break-even point occurs when…
a) fixed costs plus variable costs equal zero
b) total costs equal total revenue
c) fixed costs equal variable costs
d) total costs are the same at the point of economy of scale
b) total costs equal total revenue
ABC is a method of inventory classification and management that allows the identification of…
a) items that have a significant impact on overall value
b) the most sold items are therefore the most important ones
c) the most expensive items and therefore the most important ones
d) the items with the largest quantity in inventory and that i must sell first
a) items that have a significant impact on overall value
A factory sells tires for a factory that produces 5,000 bikes/month. It sells another 500 to bicycle spare parts stores.
a)5,500
b)10,000
c) 500
d) 10,500
b)10,000
The book “the goal” considers that the best point to control the quality of the product is…
a) upon receiving raw materials
b) before the bottleneck
c) after the bottleneck
d) at the end of the process
b) before the bottleneck
In the book “The goal” the boy herbie is the “bottleneck” of the system’s boy-scout excursion because…
a) he is the laziest and does not want to carry any load
b) he is the smartest and does not want to carry a load
c) he is chubby and carries more load than all
d) he is the one with the most medals and does not want to carry any load
c) he is chubby and carries more load than all
