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Operations

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do the operations department do?

a)

Recruiting and Training Staff

b)

Paying employees, working out the profit or less for the year

c)

Manufacturing goods, choosing suppliers and ensuring quality

d)

Selling and promoting products to customers

2.

What is the correct order?

a)

Input, Process, Output

b)

Process, Input, Output

c)

Output, Process, Input

d)

Input, Output, Process

3.

Which of these are factors businesses need to consider when choosing a supplier?

a)

The location of the supplier

b)

The price of the goods

c)

The quality of the goods

d)

All of these things

4.

Draw an inventory control diagram

5.

What is overstocking?

a)

When there is just enough stock to survive

b)

When the business has too much inventory

c)

When the business has too little inventory

d)

When the business needs to place an order with their supplier

6.

What is a consequence of understocking?

4 lines
7.

A method businesses could use to manage their stock is "Just in (a)   "

8.

Overstocking is better than understocking

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The minimum stock level is....

a)

The highest amount of inventory a business should have

b)

The amount of goods needed to bring supplies back up to the maximum level

c)

The time between placing an order and it being delivered

d)

The lowest amount of inventory a business should have

10.

What is buffer stock?

(a)  

11.

Lead time is the same as delivery time

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Why is it important to control stock levels?

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13.

Name one method of production

(a)  

14.

Which product would it be best to use job production for?

a)

Biscuits

b)

A water bottle

c)

A wedding dress

d)

Cars

15.

The products made by job production are....

(Pick all that apply)

a)

Identical

b)

Unique

c)

Expensive

d)

High Quality

16.

What is the name of the type of production where mass amounts of identical products are made?

(a)  

17.

Which of these is an advantage of job description?

a)

The price of the finished good will be low

b)

The finished good will be high quality, increasing customer satisfaction

c)

Lots of machinery can be used, increasing output

d)

Job production can be costly to the business

18.

Batch production is...

a)

Where products are made in groups. Each group is identical, all products are similar.

b)

All products are unique

c)

All products are identical

19.

Which one would not be made using batch production?

a)

Cupcakes

b)

Bread

c)

Pastries

d)

Bridges

20.

Who is the inventor of mass production (hint: cars)

(a)  

21.

A disadvantage of batch production is...

a)

Any mistakes can be costly as the whole batch may be ruined

b)

There is no flexibility in products

c)

The use of capital and machinery means higher output

d)

The use of machinery means higher quality.

22.

Why is the operations department important to the business?

4 lines
23.

Which game next?

a)

Bingo

b)

Stop the Bus

c)

Hangman