OSCM 306 Chapter 2 Review

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Productivity is expressed as: output plus input, output minus input, output divided by input, input divided by output

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output divided by input

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Gourmet Pretzels bakes soft pretzels on an assembly line. It currently bakes 800 pretzels each eight hour shift. If the production is increased to 1,200 pretzels per shift, then productivity will have increased by:

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50 percent

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Core competencies in organizations generally do not relate to: sales price, cost, quality, flexibility

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sales price

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Budgeting, analysis of investment proposals, and provision of funds are activities associated with the _______ function.

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finance

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The external elements of SWOT analysis are:

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opportunities and threats

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Scheduling personnel is an example of an operations management:

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Operational decision

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The key to successfully competing is understanding what customers want and then __________ satisfy those wants.

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finding the best way to

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The ratio of good output to quantity of raw material input is called

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process yield

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Based on productivity, what crew size do you recommend? Crew size = 4 (Yards installed = 1298), Crew size = 3 (Yards installed = 1017), Crew size = 2 (Yards installed = 716), Crew size = 3 (Yards installed = 1002)

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Crew size = 2 (Yards installed = 716)

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____________ is generally used to facilitate an organizational strategy that emphasizes low cost.

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Standardization