S3 Operations

Business operations is the department in a business that is responsible for:

• Marketing

• Finance

• Production of goods/provision of services

• Human resources

Which of the following stock control methods would involve frequent deliveries?

• Flow production

• Just in case

• Job production

• Just in time

A business that becomes more streamlined as a result of effective supply chain management is said to be running more:

• Bureaucratically

• Expensively

• Efficiently

• Autocratically

Which of the following will most likely lead to an increase in productivity?

• Investing in the most up-to-date machinery

• Reducing the number of skilled workers

• Employing more unskilled production line workers

• Cutting back on the amount of staff training

Which of the following is an example of a business whose purpose is to produce goods?

• Veterinary surgeon

• Opticians

• Bakery

• Hairdressers

If the cost of the raw materials is too high, it reduces what?

• Delivery times

• Profit margins

• Quality of products

• Amount of products

The supply chain can be affected by a number of issues, including (more than 1 answer)...

• Availability of raw materials

• Availability of workers

• Transportation of goods

The operations function has 3 main parts, what are they?

• Output

• Process

• Raw materials

• Input

The quality of the raw materials affects the quality of the products/good produced.

• True

• False

Environmental issues have a huge impact on the production of goods

• True

• False