OSM Week 7

The physical position of an organisation's operations is known as

• Location

• Position

• Layout

• Operations

The various reasons might be good reasons why an organisation might change its location except

• Proximity to customers

• Access to Labour

• Exploit customers

• Competition

A situation whereby an organisation spreads its physical position across few locations is known as?

• Centralization

• Cluster

• Decentralization

• Change location

If technology companies find themselves in a specific location to benefit from shared services then they are practicing?

• Centralized location

• Cluster Location

• Decentralized Location

• Tech industralization

The design and physical arrangement of people, materials, machinery and other resources in the organisation is known as?

• Location

• Flow

• Layout

A situation whereby the product or project remains stationary and resources are moved over to the product to finish it is known as ?

• Line Layout

• Functional Layout

• Fixed-position Layout

• Cell Layout

The system whereby an organisation segments its overall operations into smaller work or groups with great specialization is known as?

• Fixed-position layout

• Cell Layout

• Functional Layout

• Line Layout

The Line Layout is also known as?

• Functional Layout

• Flow

• Cellular Layout

• Process Layout

An organisation must make sure the well-being of its employees are taking into consideration when planning a layout to prevent straining and this constitutes?

• Accessibility

• Ergonomics

• Safety and Precaution

• Injury management

The movement of materials, products, or information through a series of interconnected processes in order to achieve a specific outcome is known as?

• Process

• Flow

• Sequence

• Location