Quiz 2 Flashcards
Global teams provide diversity while eliminating conflicts and miscommunication.
FALSE
Concurrent Engineering is another term for sequential development.
FALSE
One of the main advantages of standardization is that it increases the potential variety of products.
FALSE
A disadvantage of standardization is the possibility of standardizing designs too early, which may make it difficult to modify in the future.
TRUE
Reducing consumer choices makes service more efficient.
TRUE
Modular design increases costs of purchasing and controlling inventory compared to non-modular.
FALSE
Product failures can be easier to remedy with modular design.
TRUE
One motivation for an organization to redesign its product or service is to avoid the alternative of downsizing the organization.
TRUE
A major benefit of Computer Aided Design (CAD) is the increased productivity of designers.
TRUE
Most of the time what is called product or service design is actually a redesign of an existing product or service.
TRUE
The process of dismantling and inspecting a competitor’s product to discover product improvement is called benchmarking.
FALSE
To save money, it is essential that designers revise the production capabilities to meet the requirements of the new products.
FALSE
Many US manufacturers are now shifting their focus from products to both product and process improvements.
TRUE
Applied research has the objective of achieving commercial applications for new ideas.
TRUE
“Design for production” takes into account the capabilities of the organization to produce or deliver a given product or service.
TRUE