Operations Management Quiz

Which of the following is the landmark event took place at FORD in the 20th century?

• invention of the assembly line

• achieving product proliferation and variety

• removing wasteful activities

• concept of interchangeable parts

Which of the following is the landmark event took place at Toyota in the 20th century?

• invention of the assembly line

• achieving product proliferation and variety

• removing wasteful activities

• concept of interchangeable parts

Alfred Sloan introduced the idea of strategic planning for ________.

• invention of the assembly line

• achieving product proliferation and variety

• removing wasteful activities

• concept of interchangeable parts

The operations management terminology used for the decision of "the unique feature of the business that will make it competitive" is

• Operations Strategy

• Process selection

• Capacity planning

• Supply chain management

The operations management terminology used for the decision of "the unique feature of the product" is

• Operations Strategy

• Product Design

• Capacity planning

• Supply chain management

The operations management terminology used for the decision of "the size of the facility" is

• Operations Strategy

• Product Design

• Capacity planning

• Supply chain management

Operations management involves managing people, technology, information, resources and ________.

• Equipment

• Money

• Social Media

• Advertisements

__________ are used to continually adjust the inputs, the transformation process, and the characteristics of the outputs.

• Customer feedback and performance information

• Customer feedback and people information

• Customer details and performance information

• Customer details and people information

The transformation process is ________ in order to adapt to changes in the environment.

• Static

• Dynamic

• Invalid

• Natural

An obvious way to add value is to ____________in the transformation process.

• Reduce the cost of activities

• Increase the workforce

• Terminate employees

• Buy cheap resources