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OPS 571 FINAL EXAM 2 – QUESTION ANDANSWERS
1 Define synchronous manufacturing as stated by Goldratt’s theory.
It is a production process organized to achieve the goals of the firm.
2 In a __________, the product remains in a specific location and the equipment, labor, and material
required for the product are gathered to the specific location.
project layout
3 A manufacturing firm efficiently assembles an airplane by bringing all the necessary raw materials,
parts, and equipment to a central location. This scenario illustrates a __________.
project layout
4 According to Goldratt’s definition, __________ is the rate at which cash is generated by production
through sales.
Throughput
5 Identify a disadvantage of pure projects
Equipment and people are not shared across projects.
6 __________ are used for decisions that are related to aggregate and strategy demand.
Strategic forecasts
7 __________ is the characteristics of a product in terms of quality that are sorted as either conforming
or nonconforming to specification.
An attribute
8 Identify an advantage of pure projects
Team pride, motivation, and commitment are high.
9 Identify a true statement about water transportation mode.
It can handle a high capacity of materials.
10 __________ involves testing random samples of the end product from a process to determine if the
process is churning out items within the predetermined range.
Statistical process control
11 __________ is the design, operation, and improvement of the processes that create and deliver a
company’s essential products and services.
Operations and supply chain management
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