Operation Mgmt

Which of the followings statements is correct?

• The level of production is the total number of good produced per worker

• productivity can be measured by output per worker in a given time period

• increasing production leads to increased productivity

• reducing productivity per worker will increase the number of workers

One of the benefits of increasing productivity is ...

• more workers will be employed

• total production will increase with the same number of workers

• average cost will remain the same

• fewer raw materials will be needed to produce the same level of output

Labor productivity could be increased by all of the following except...

• using more technologically advanced machines

• increasing the amount of automation

• improved training of workers

• employing more workers to produce the same level of output

Which of the following is the best definition of 'an increase in efficiency'

• higher output levels than last year

• lower total costs of production

• fewer workers employed but output level remains the same

• 10% more workers employed and output also rises by 10%

A clothing manufacturer is most likely to hold the following stocks except:

• materials used in the clothing products

• partly finished goods called 'work in progress'

• finished clothing waiting to be sold

• spare machines in case of a breakdown

For a supermarket, one of the advantages of holding high inventories of existing products is

• low costs of financing the level of inventory

• being able to respond quickly if consumer tastes change

• being able to meet unexpected increases in demand

• being able to put unused space to other uses

in which type of production are single specialist units produced?

• flow production

• batch production

• job production

• lean production

in which type of production are several identical products completed at each stage before passing on to the next stage

• flow

• batch

• job

• lean

which of the following is a claimed advantage of flow production?

• each worker enjoys doing one repetitive job all the time

• making a few specialist products allows all consumer needs to be met

• the capital cost of setting up a production line are usually quite low

• the mass production helps to keep costs per unit low

Which one of the following is usually a necessary condition for flow production?

• large numbers of specialist workers

• high and steady demand for a standardized product

• simple machinery that could be quickly adapted for other products if demand fell

• high demand for the product only at certain times of the year