Which one would not be a reason for using ERP, or would all be reasons? *

1 point

all are reasons.

Standardize production processes.

Standardize HR information.

Integration of financial data.

Interconnect production, sales, and distribution on a single server.

According to the global company profile, Amazon.com's advantage in inventory management comes from its almost fanatical use of economic order quantity and safety stock calculations. *

1 point

false

true

Which one of these is not considered a determinant of quality? *

1 point

Service after delivery.

Conformance to design.

Customer surveys.

Ease of use.

Design.

The ________ model adds objectivity to decision making when selecting suppliers. *

1 point

Your answer

Which MRP lot-sizing technique should be considered to be the goal (i.e., the technique of choice under ideal conditions)? *

1 point

Silver-Meal

lot-for-lot

Wagner-Whitin

EOQ

POQ

In the basic queuing model (M/M/1), what probability distribution describes service times? *

1 point

lognormal

negative exponential

Poisson

normal

binomial

The quality tool that plots the number of quality problems over time is: *

1 point

Control chart.

Cause-and-effect diagram

Pareto diagram

Fishbone diagram.

Run chart.

Setup costs are analogous to which one of these costs? *

1 point

excess

holding

ordering

shortage

Wheeled Coach obtains competitive advantage through MRP in part because of their excellent record integrity and insistence on record accuracy. *

1 point

false

true

Which of the following is most likely to violate a FIFO queue? *

1 point

fast-food restaurant

All of the answers are equally likely to violate a FIFO queue.

car repair garage

emergency room

supermarket with no express lanes

In MRP, planned order receipts must always equal *

1 point

planned order releases

net requirements

gross requirements

scheduled receipts

The two characteristics of the waiting line itself are whether its length is limited or unlimited and the discipline of the people or items in it. *

1 point

true

false

A finite population waiting line model has an average service time T of 100 minutes and an average time between service requirements U of 400 minutes; the service factor X is 0.25. *

1 point

fasle

true

A paint company mixes ten different base colors into 3,000 different color options. If production scheduling is organized around the ten different base colors , then the bills of material are classified as which of the following? *

1 point

planning

low-level

phantom

modular and low-level

modular

Which one is not a strategy for managers who want to reduce customer waiting time? *

1 point

Increase prices for late arrivals.

Increase the number of servers.

Standardize the service.

Offer discounts for off-times.

Firms making many different final products use ________ to facilitate production scheduling. *

1 point

gross requirements bills

modular bills

overdue bills

planning bills

phantom bills

The term that relates to matching the output rate with customer demand in a JIT system is: *

1 point

closed-loop JIT

takt time

fill rate

single-minute exchange of die

In the production order quantity (POQ) model, inventory does not arrive in a single moment but flows in at a steady rate, resulting in a larger production/order quantity than in another wise identical EOQ problem. *

1 point

false

true

The term bullwhip effect is most closely related to: *

1 point

inventory turnover

assertive customers

return of inventory

inventory security

demand variations

Which product is usually bought on a fixed interval basis? *

1 point

sugar

textbooks

brownies

wedding gifts

Which one is not included in the list of seven wastes? *

1 point

overproduction

processing wastes.

poor product design

product defects

inefficient work methods

Low level coding refers to *

1 point

Using low levels of coding to simplify identification of components in an MRP setup.

None of these.

Having low level employees input product codes into computer data banks.

Structuring a bill of materials so that multiple occurrences of an item coincide with the lowest level that the item occurs.

A key goal of MRP is to: *

1 point

Use Scheduled Receipts only when necessary.

Match supply and demand.

Avoid cost overruns.

All are key goals.

Order early to avoid late-order penalties.