Business Studies - Operations

Phil goes overseas to a photographic equipment trade fair where he sees other businesses using more

efficient methods of taking passport photos.

What is this an example of?

• Process Layout

• Economies of Scale

• Scanning and Learning

• Inventory Management

A cake manufacturer buys more sugar as its production output increases. This enables it to buy the sugar at a lower price per kilogram.

What is this an example of?

• Logistics

• Just-In-Time

• Global Sourcing

• Economies of Scale

A soup manufacturer finds it difficult to cope with the increase in demand for soup in winter.

Which performance objective could assist this business to meet the demand?

• Cost

• Customisation

• Dependability

• Flexibility

Sani works for a large manufacturing business. She organises the transport of raw materials and finished products across Australia.

Which of the following describes her area of responsibility?

• Logistics

• Service Design

• Global Sourcing

• Leading edge technology

What is a benefit to an Australian clothing company of outsourcing its manufacturing overseas?

• It can control the production costs.

• It can lower human resource compliance costs.

• It can decide which particular employees manufacture its products.

• It can consider foreign manufacturer's workers as its own employees.

Which of the following lists three examples of transformed resources?

• Customers, information, materials

• Facilities, information, technology

• Customers, human resources, materials

• Facilities, human resources, technology

In which aspect of a business does continuous improvement occur?

• Quality Assurance

• Legal Compliance

• Just-In-Time management

• Total Quality Management

Which operations process uses a Gantt chart?

• Customisation

• Input

• Output

• Transformation

A global business has adopted a strategy which aims to lower the average cost of its product by

increasing output.

What is this strategy called?

• Outsourcing

• Global Pricing

• Global Sourcing

• Economies of Scale

A business plans to increase its stock to be ready for the grand opening of five new stores. This

shows the interdependence between which business functions?

• Operations and finance

• Operations and marketing

• Finance and human resources

• Human resources and marketing