Business Management - Operations Management Assessment quiz

The operations manager does not have direct experience of the economies of scale or dis-economies of scale that may take place on the factory floor. True or False

• True

• False

The operations manager can suggest which forms of non-financial rewards may be suitable for the organization.

• True

• False

The role of operations manager, is however, wider than just ensuring the production is correctly planned or executed; operations managers also have to take several other factors into account. These factors falls into three categories:

• political, economical, social

• social, economical, technological

• economical, social, ecological

The term 'flow production' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'mass production' True or False

• True

• False

Production of special 'one off' product made to a specific order (for one individual customer) is called:

(a)  

Over the years, several methods of lean production have been defined and implemented. if the managers of an organization decide to adopt lean production, they will choose the method that suits best their context.

What are the four methods of lean production ?

(a)  

Kaizen is likely to work under an autocratic leadership or bureaucratic corporate culture.

True of False

• True

• False

What is the full form of JIC ?

(a)  

(a)   focuses on the process, and not on the end product.

(a)   refers to the practice of using another business (as a third party) to complete part of the work.