Generic types of process arrangements

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1. Which of the following is NOT one of the five generic types of process arrangements?

continuous

batch

variable

project

2. Which of the following statements about Little's Law is correct?

Little's Law relates the average number of units in the system to average throughput time and average flow rate.

Little's Law requires the standard deviation of the processing time for all calculations.

Little's Law includes defect rate and customer specifications.

Little's Law cannot be applied to service operations.

3. A process has a flow rate of 12 units per day, and a throughput time of 2 days. Applying Little's Law, how much inventory will be in the process?

24 units

12 units

37 units

300 units

4. An activity with a capacity to make 1,000 units per day in a production process that has a flow rate of 750 units per day has a utilization of...

133%

80%

75%

85%

5. Characteristics of operations that connect to order winners and qualifiers for customers are called...

sustainable initiatives.

mission statements.

capabilities.

supply chains.

6. Quickly filling customer orders is directly connected with the operations management capability of...

Product quality.

More performance features.

Product cost.

Delivery speed.

7. A process flowchart uses which of the following symbols to represent people waiting or inventory?

Circle

Triangle

Square

Diamond

8. Throughput time is...

the maximum capacity minus the minimum capacity of a process.

the period from when the production of a unit begins (it enters the process) until the unit is complete (it exits the process).

the same as the bottleneck.

applicable to customers served in a service process, but not product manufacturing.

9. If demand uncertainty (standard deviation) increases, the total cost of inventory management (everything else remaining unchanged) to provide the same service level increases.

True

False

10. In a periodic review policy based inventory management system, as the lead time increases (everything else remaining unchanged), the base stock to provide the same service level increases.

True

False

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