When Mars introduces ice cream bars with caramel, peanuts, and peanut butter ice cream, it is _______ its Snickers candy bar line.

Group of answer choices

refining

implementing

extending

integrating

copying

2-

Jayden is comparing the estimated market demand with their facility's capacity to produce products to satisfy that demand. Jayden has determined that customer demand exceeds the facility's capacity. What action should Jayden take?

Group of answer choices

Lay off workers

Operate the facility at full capacity

Operate the facility on a shorter-than-normal work week

Operate the facility with existing personnel working overtime

Close and sell the facility

3-

Only a few of the many ideas that are considered by a firm's research and development employees ever reach the production stage. For those that do, which of the following steps would come next?

Group of answer choices

Operational planning

Plant layout

Capacity planning

Design planning

Facilities planning

4-

Austin FC is a new Major League Soccer club. Which of the following best describes the club's technology usage?

Group of answer choices

It uses a fixed-position layout.

It uses a product layout.

It uses software-intensive technology.

It uses capital-intensive technology.

It uses labor-intensive technology.

5-

Annie was recently fired from her job as a purchaser for a grocery store. She was told the reason for her dismissal was the routine rotting of large amounts of produce and meat while in the stockroom awaiting sale in the store. Which objective of purchasing did Annie fail to accomplish?

Group of answer choices

She failed to make sure the materials needed were in the proper amounts.

She failed to secure the produce at minimum cost.

She failed to obtain the produce needed before they were needed.

She ordered the wrong produce for her company.

She failed to purchase the best quality of produce available.

6-

Pax is comparing the estimated market demand with their facility's capacity to produce products to satisfy that demand. Pax has determined that demand and capacity are equal. What action should Pax take?

Group of answer choices

Operate the facility at full capacity

Operate the facility with existing personnel working overtime

Initiate a second or third work shift

Lay off workers

Operate the facility on a shorter-than-normal work week

7-

Product extension and refinement _______.

Group of answer choices

shorten the product life cycle

retain customers and attract new ones

are too costly for most firms

take place during basic research

end the product life cycle