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Question $1$

Why is Operations also referred to as a process of transformation?

$1$ point

Because operations as a discipline has always transformed over time.

Because, in operations, we transform inputs $($raw materials, machinery, and labor$)$ into outputs $($products or services$).$

Because activities involved in the day$-$to$-$day of business are always changing.

$2.$

Question $2$

How can you achieve economies of scale?

$1$ point

By being more economical, we produce a better output.

By producing better quality.

By producing more, we can produce each unit cheaper.

By producing each product faster.

$3.$

Question $3$

Why is speed important in operations? Select all that apply below.

$1$ point

If we can produce faster, then we can be more responsive to the market.

If we can produce faster, then we can produce more in the same facilities.

If we produce faster, there is less chance of having a defect.

If we produce faster, we minimize cost.

$4.$

Question $4$

Why is producing defective items more expensive? Select all that apply below.

$1$ point

Better materials is more expensive.

Customers do not want to buy those defective products and therefore replacing them is costly$.$

Producing more than you actually need because you have to account for defects is costly$.$

$5.$

Question $5$

What is flexibility in a manufacturing sense?

$1$ point

The quality of bending easily without breaking.

The ability to easily modify a production schedule $($change items, quantity, order, etc.$).$

The willingness of the workers to change or compromise.

$6.$

Question $6$

Optimization in Operations follows a standard logic. Pick the correct statement below.

$1$ point

Minimize cost by producing more.

Optimize the objective, by changing one or more variables, subject to certain constraints.

Increase flexibility to be able to respond to the market.

Eliminate constraints to increase throughput.

$7.$

Question $7$

Which two central tenets are at the core of Toyota's production system? Select both from the items below.

$1$ point

Efficiency

Kaizen

Quality

The elimination of the seven waste's

$8.$

Question $8$

What is Kaizen? Select all that apply below.

$1$ point

The Japanese term used by Toyota for a production system focused on continuous improvement.

Employee empowerment to continuously flag quality issues as they appear and improve the process as a result.

A quality system used by many companies.

It means perfect production.

$9.$

Question $9$

What are the seven wastes?

$1$ point

manufacturing, speed, inventory, flexibility, waste, warehousing, quality

transport, inventory,

motion, waiting, overproduction, overprocessing, defects

manufacturing, transport, inventory,

waiting, waste, overprocessing, quality

$10.$

Question $10$

In the theory of constraints, variations on what three measures define organizations?

$1$ point

Cost, Speed, and Quality

Flexibility, Perfection, and Economies of Scale

Inventory, Throughput, and Operational Expense

$11.$

Question $11$

What happens when a constraint is permanently removed from the system?

$1$ point

We achieved our goal.

There will be another constraint limiting throughput.

We will produce as much as possible.

$12.$

Question $12$

What is a clear sign of a bottleneck?

$1$ point

We do not produce as much as we could.

We are inefficient in our production facility.

An unusual buildup of inventory somewhere in the production system.