Any resource that limits throughput is called a:

Question 1 options:

a)	Capacity-constrained resource

b)	Bottleneck resource

c)

Kaisen

d)

No bottleneck resource

Low-volume, high-variety processes are also known as:

Question 2 options:

a)	Product focused

b)	Process focused

c)	Repetitive processes

d)

Continuous processes

Aggregate planning deals with a number of constraints. These typically are:

Question 3 options:

a)	Part-time help, weekly scheduling, and SKU production scheduling.

b)	Job assignments, job ordering, dispatching, and overtime help.

c)	Capital investment, expansion or contracting capacity, and R&D.

d)

Subcontracting, employment levels, inventory levels, and capacity.

Capacity decisions should be made on the basis of:

Question 4 options:

a)	All of the listed options

b)	Good financial returns.

c)	Integration into the companys strategy.

d)	A coordinated plan.

e)

Building sustained competitive advantage.

The process improvement technique that sort the vital few from the trivial many is;

Question 5 options:

a)	Taguchi analysis

b)	Benchmarking

c)	Deming analysis

d)

Pareto analysis

If a fast-food restaurant is attempting to practice JIT and Lean which of the following would not be present

Question 6 options:

a)	Close relationship with suppliers

b)	A kitchen set up to minimise wasteful movement

c)	Lean inventories of food

d)	Food preparation in large batches

Tools for process analysis include all of the following except

Question 7 options:

a)	Time-function mapping

b)	Service blueprinting

c)	Value-stream mapping

d)

Flowchart

e)	Vision system

Which is an example of an inventory item with dependent demand?

Question 8 options:

a)	Tables for a furniture retails

b)	Automobile tyres for a retail

c)	Automobile tyres for a four wheel car manufacturer

d)

Microwave ovens for an appliances dealers

Market research is a ___________forecasting method:

Question 9 options:

a)	Jury of executive opinion

b)	Quantitative

c)	Nave approach

d)	Qualitative

The two most important inventory-based questions answered by the typical inventory model are:

Question 10 options:

a)	How much of an item to order and with whom the order should be placed.

b)	When to place an order and how much of an item to order

c)	How much an item to order and the cost of the order

d)	When to place an order and the cost of the order