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WGU C720 OA FINAL EXAM GUIDE
2024|BRAND NEW EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALL
GRADED A+|GUARANTEED
SUCCESS|LATEST UPDATE 2024-2025
Inputs - ANSWER-✅People, capital, material, money
Outputs - ANSWER-✅Services and goods
Sustainability - ANSWER-✅Defined broadly in operations and supply chain
management as the ethical issues an organization faces to balance financial
performance while maintaining social responsibility standards and a responsible
environmental profile.
VIRAL - ANSWER-✅Acronym - A framework for competitive advantage.
Viral, Inimitable, Rare, Aptitude, Lifespan.
The advantage must provide Value to consumers; it should be Inimitable (not easily
imitated), Rare, and an organization must have the Aptitude (capability) and Lifespan
(sustainability) to earn appropriate returns on the advantage.
Productivity - ANSWER-✅A mathematical calculation; it is the ratio of the outputs
achieved divided by the inputs consumed to achieve those outputs.
6 Types of Inventory - ANSWER-✅o Raw Materials
o Work In Progress
o Finished Goods
o Replacement Parts Inventory
o Supplies
o Transportation
Raw Materials - ANSWER-✅These parts and materials are obtained from suppliers
and are used in the production process.
, Work-in-process (WIP) - ANSWER-✅These are partly finished parts, components,
sub-assemblies, or modules.
Finished Goods - ANSWER-✅Items are ready to ship to the customer. No more work
is required.
Replacement parts inventory - ANSWER-✅These are maintained to replace other
parts in machinery or equipment as those parts wear out
Supplies - ANSWER-✅Parts or materials are used to support the production process
but not usually a component of the product. These items, such as lubricant and
cutting tools, are consumed in the production process.
Transportation (pipeline): - ANSWER-✅The portion of inventory that is in the
process of being shipped through the distribution system.
4 Types of Demand - ANSWER-✅o Peak
o Seasonal
o Unexpected
o Chase
Peak Demand - ANSWER-✅Demand which occurs in response to planned events
such as advertising, publicity or promotion. The release of a popular game
franchise's latest version often causes peak demand for a few days or weeks.
Seasonal Demand - ANSWER-✅Demand as shoppers adjust their purchase velocity
in line with holidays, especially Christmas. But Halloween, Thanksgiving and even St.
Patrick's Day also create seasonal demand for certain kinds of merchandise.
Unexpected Demand - ANSWER-✅Demand which occurs due to a usually-
unexpected event. For example, an underdog school may upset a favorite during the
NCAA's basketball tournament, causing a run on their merchandise.
Chase Demand - ANSWER-✅Demand that occurs when a company has to adjust
production by rates to match demand by varying the workforce and using overtime.
Companies vary the workforce by adding or reducing the number of employees on
duty at any given time. And they may choose to provide overtime by asking workers
to stay on the job beyond their normally scheduled time.
Safety Stock - ANSWER-✅A cushion of inventory to protect against unexpected
demand. In this way, they can continue to meet customer demand without delays.
Stock Out - ANSWER-✅Occurs when inventory is depleted.
, Perpetual Inventory System - ANSWER-✅Continuously monitors inventory levels
and is also called a continuous review system. Requires human input (i.e. cashier)
and the ordering of more inventory is triggered by reorder point.
o Requires an exact inventory balance at all times
o Best for big businesses, retail stores, or banks
o High value and high volume
o Expensive to implement and maintain
Periodic Inventory System - ANSWER-✅Randomly monitors inventory levels and is
also called the fixed order interval system.
o Requires a physical count periodically
o Used when a supplier will only deliver at specific time intervals
o Low value and volume
o Used for small businesses
o Inexpensive to implement and maintain
ABC analysis - ANSWER-✅Has been developed to determine which inventory items
should receive the highest level of control. By multiplying the dollar value of each
item by its annual usage, a dollar usage value can be obtained. Dollar usage follows
the Pareto Principle in that frequently, only 20% of all the items account for 80% of
the total dollar usage, while the remaining items frequently account for only 20% of
the dollar usage. This principle leads to the _____ classification, which is based on
focusing efforts where the payoff is highest
Pareto Principle - ANSWER-✅Only 20% of all the items account for 80% of the total
dollar usage, while the remaining items frequently account for only 20% of the dollar
usage. This principle leads to the ABC classification, which is based on focusing
efforts where the payoff is highest
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) - ANSWER-✅For inventory that doesn't require
production, when demand is constant and known, when cost per unit does not
depend on order quantity.
Most appropriate for retail stores or companies that order finished goods.
Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) - ANSWER-✅For inventory that will be used in
production, When incremental ordering and depletion of inventory is allowed, Also
called production order quantity.
Most appropriate for manufacturing and production companies
The goal of firms using the EOQ & EPQ model - ANSWER-✅Minimize the total
annual costs of ordering and holding inventory by varying the order quantity.
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