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WorksheetsOperations
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 26mins
What do the operations department do?
Recruiting and Training Staff
Paying employees, working out the profit or less for the year
Manufacturing goods, choosing suppliers and ensuring quality
Selling and promoting products to customers
What is the correct order?
Input, Process, Output
Process, Input, Output
Output, Process, Input
Input, Output, Process
Which of these are factors businesses need to consider when choosing a supplier?
The location of the supplier
The price of the goods
The quality of the goods
All of these things
Draw an inventory control diagram

What is overstocking?
When there is just enough stock to survive
When the business has too much inventory
When the business has too little inventory
When the business needs to place an order with their supplier
What is a consequence of understocking?
A method businesses could use to manage their stock is "Just in (a) "
Overstocking is better than understocking
True
False
The minimum stock level is....
The highest amount of inventory a business should have
The amount of goods needed to bring supplies back up to the maximum level
The time between placing an order and it being delivered
The lowest amount of inventory a business should have
What is buffer stock?
(a)
Lead time is the same as delivery time
True
False
Why is it important to control stock levels?
Name one method of production
(a)
Which product would it be best to use job production for?
Biscuits
A water bottle
A wedding dress
Cars
The products made by job production are....
(Pick all that apply)
Identical
Unique
Expensive
High Quality
What is the name of the type of production where mass amounts of identical products are made?
(a)
Which of these is an advantage of job description?
The price of the finished good will be low
The finished good will be high quality, increasing customer satisfaction
Lots of machinery can be used, increasing output
Job production can be costly to the business
Batch production is...
Where products are made in groups. Each group is identical, all products are similar.
All products are unique
All products are identical
Which one would not be made using batch production?
Cupcakes
Bread
Pastries
Bridges
Who is the inventor of mass production (hint: cars)
(a)
A disadvantage of batch production is...
Any mistakes can be costly as the whole batch may be ruined
There is no flexibility in products
The use of capital and machinery means higher output
The use of machinery means higher quality.
Why is the operations department important to the business?
Which game next?
Bingo
Stop the Bus
Hangman
