OPM530 CHAPTERS 7 & 8

Which of the following industries is most likely to have low equipment utilization?

• auto manufacturing

• television manufacturing

• steel manufacturing

• restaurants

Product focus strategy is commonly used to produce:

• high-volume, high-variety products.

• low-volume, high-variety products.

• high-volume, low-variety products.

• low-variety products at either high- or low-volume.

Process focus strategy is commonly used to produce:

• high-volume, high-variety products.

• low-volume, high-variety products.

• high-volume, low-variety products.

• low-variety products at either high- or low-volume.

Which of the following characteristics best describes repetitive focus?

• It uses sophisticated scheduling to accommodate custom orders

• Its outputs are produced from modules.

• Operators are broadly skilled.

• It is widely used for manufacturing steel.

Which of the following technologies could enable a cashier to scan the entire contents of a shopping cart in seconds?

• ASRS

• AGV

• CAD/CAM

• RFID

Which of the statements below best describes office layout?

• positions workers, their equipment, and spaces/offices to provide for movement of information

• addresses the layout requirements of large, bulky projects such as ships and buildings

• seeks the best personnel and machine utilization in repetitive or continuous production

• allocates shelf space and responds to customer behavior

Retail layouts are based on the notion that:

• storage costs should be minimized.

• maximizing customer exposure rate maximizes sales and profit.

• space used should be minimized.

• average customer visit duration should be maximized.

Which layout aims to maximize the total cube of the building/space?

• warehouse

• office

• retail

• product-oriented

For which of the following operations would a fixed-position layout be MOST appropriate?

• assembling automobiles

• producing TV sets

• constructing a highway tunnel

• refining of crude oil

Dental clinics that only accept endodontic cases is an example of:

• focused process

• mass service

• service factory

• service shop