Every capacity alternative, whether it is a large, medium, or small plant or equipment, has an optimum production or operating volume level. Producing beyond the optimum level causes ______.

-economies of scope -economies of scale -diseconomies of scope

Historical data used to predict the average or trend of actual demand is based on which of the following assumptions?

-Past demand is independent of its future -Past demand is a reliable predictor of its future -Past demand is directly proportional to its future

In effective global capacity management, the time horizon for a regular capacity planning cycle is ______.

-a short to intermediate term (3-4 weeks) -intermediate to long term (1-4 or more years) - intermediate to long term (15-20 or more years)

in planning service capacity, firms have to manage the trade-off between ______.

-lost customers and higher costs from maintaining a capacity cushion -lost customers and higher costs from operating at diseconomies of scale -lost customers and higher costs from attracting new customers

Which of the following is a form of quantitative analysis that uses causal techniques in order to identify related variables in order to make forecasts?

-time series analysis -the delphi method -associative methods