WorksheetsPROPMGT Prefinal Quiz on Location and Layout Strategies
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the most important location decision factor in building service facilities?
Proximity to customers
Transportation cost
Proximity to market
Location of competitors
Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting industrial location decisions?
Utilities, taxes, and real estate costs
Favorable labor climate
Transportation costs
Proximity to suppliers and resources
Which of these is formed when a group of competing food establishments gathers in one area?
Site visibility
Traffic flow
Competitive advantage
Critical mass advantage
Which of the following is NOT a site-related factor in choosing service facility locations?
Land
Competitors
Transportation
Zoning
This method can help compare location options on the basis of tangible factors expressed in total cost?
Transportation model
Factor-rating method
Locational break -even analysis
Center of gravity method
This method finds location of distribution center that minimizes distribution costs.
Transportation model
Factor-rating method
Locational break -even analysis
Center of gravity method
This identifies important factors, quantitative and qualitative inputs, assigning each with importance and calculating the weighted score for each site option.
Transportation model
Factor-rating method
Locational break -even analysis
Center of gravity method
Which of the following types of business has the highest need to locate near markets?
Firms that sell services
Firms that sell bulky and heavy goods
Firms that sell imported goods
Firms that manufacture consumer goods
How do governments encourage businesses to build in industrial sites?
Inform customers of the business
Open trade shows for businesses in the area
Give incentives such as lower taxes or tax holidays
Reward those who have stayed in the area
Why is it advisable for firms to build at industrial parks?
Land is already developed
Competition is established
Future expansion is possible
Freedom from building regulations
Allocates shelf space and responds to customer behavior in buying products.
product layout
retail layout
warehouse layout
process layout
Addresses the layout requirements of large and bulky projects.
warehouse layout
product layout
fixed position layout
cellular layout
Deal with low-volume, high-variety production.
product layout
process layout
cellular layout
retail layout
The process of how to assign tasks to workstations.
cellular layout
layout strategy
assembly line balancing
process strategy
This photo is an example of a ________ layout.
process
warehouse
retail
product
Used to achieve a smooth and rapid flow of large volumes of goods or customers.
product layout
process layout
fixed position layout
retail layout
Machines are grouped into a cell according to the type of operations needed to fulfill the task.
product layout
process layout
cellular layout
retail layout
Positions workers, their equipment, and spaces/offices to provide for movement of information.
process layout
retail layout
office layout
fixed position layout
What should be the basis of grouping machines into a cell when considering using cellular manufacturing?
Cost of parts
Size of parts
Similarity of parts
Location of parts
The process of how to assign tasks to workstations is known as __________.
Output capacity
Efficiency
Cycle time
Assembly line balancing
