Chapter 13 - Production & Business Operations Review

Manufacturing involves changing and improving the form of another product.

• True

• False

Custom manufacturers work closely with individual customers.

• True

• False

The most basic form of production is manufacturing.

• True

• False

Once a company has developed successful products, it should be able to continue to sell them year after year.

• True

• False

Pure research is done without a specific product in mind.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not one of the categories of products used by consumer & businesses?

• natural resources

• agricultural resources

• processed goods

• all of the above

Building a specific and unique product to meet the needs of one customer is known as

• materials processing

• mass production

• extraction

• custom manufacturing

Intermittent processing would most likely be used in the production of

• automobiles

• customized houses

• textbooks

• televisions

Inventory managers keep records of

• personnel

• customers

• production resources & finished products

• all of the above

Which is NOT included production planning?

• personnel planning

• production process

• production resources

• inventory management