Question: Question 1: a) Order b) Fill c) Toaster d) Wrap/Deliver Question 2: The Plug Power forklift manufacturing plant received a purchase order from Amazon to

Question 1:

Question 1: a) Order b) Fill c) Toaster d) Wrap/Deliver Question 2:

a) Order

b) Fill

c) Toaster

d) Wrap/Deliver

Question 2:

The Plug Power forklift manufacturing plant received a purchase order from Amazon to manufacture all of the forklifts for their new warehouse facilities within the U.S over the next five years. In order to deliver the quantity as requested by this important customer, the manufacturer has three options to modify their current forklift production line. They could: (1) Add additional welding equipment and personnel to the existing forklift manufacturing lines for $800K. (2) Make major modifications the production line layout allowing for improved flow of material between workstations for $2M, or (3) Build an additional production line at a cost of $6M. If the manufacturer chooses to add welding equipment and personnel, materials and labor will be $900 per forklift. If they chooses to make major modifications to the line, materials and labor will be $700 per forklift. If they build out an additional production line, materials and labor will be $400 per forklift. Which alternative (Plan 1, 2, or 3) should the manufacturer choose if they think they will secure the contract for 10,000 forklifts?

Question 2 options:

(1) Add additional welding equipment and personnel to the existing forklift manufacturing lines

(2) Make major modifications to the production line layout allowing for improved flow of material between workstations

(3) Build an additional production line

Don't do anything

Question 3:

To identify where a bottleneck exists in a business process, we look at the entire process using _____.

Question 3 options:

Capacity analysis

Process analysis

Inventory analysis

Management analysis

Question 4:

Which of the following is NOT an example of fixed cost?

Question 4 options:

Taxes

Depreciation

Stocks

Mortgage payments

Wrap/ Deliver

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