Operations for POB

Making decisions on how to hold down the costs of materials and labor is the job of the

• Operations manager

• each employee

• the CEO

• the accounting manager

Operations managers focus on scheduling the ________________ needed to transform raw materials into finished goods.

• activities

• workers

• equipment

• machinery

Once you have forecasted the demand for your product, you can then calculate these requirements for your facility?

• Capacity

• Production control

• Product ceiling

• Operations breadth

Workers that perform similar tasks are grouped together in this type of a layout?

• Process

• Product

• component

• critical

High volume goods are produced efficiently by people and equipment arranged in a(n):

• fixed position layout

• cellular layout

• assembly line

• process layout

Manufacturers that produce large items use this type of layout where workers and equipment move around and the product stays in one place?

• stationary

• fixed-position

• cellular

• process

Which manager uses the internet to buy parts and supplies for the business?

• materials

• operations

• automation

• purchasing

This manager is responsible for determining the reputation of a vendor?

• operations

• materials

• components

• purchasing

Operations managers develop this to determine where materials are located and headed at every step in the production process?

• Material Budget

• Minor Production schedule

• Master Production schedule

• Meerschaum schedule

This is the best tool to diagram a complex manufacturing process?

• GANTT chart

• PERT chart

• Project management software

• Computer aided design software