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ISQS 3344 Burns Texas 150 Tech ExamAn operations task performed at Hard Rock Cafe is: - ANSWER preparing employee
schedules
At Hard Rock Cafe, tasks that reflect operations include: - ANSWER All of these
(designing efficient layouts, providing meals, receiving ingredients, preparing
effective employee schedules)
Current challenges in OM include all the following EXCEPT: - ANSWER empowered
employees
Eli Whitney, in the ________, provided the foundations for ________ in operations
management. - ANSWER Nineteenth; interchangeable parts
Gibson Valves produces cast bronze valves on an assembly line, currently producing
1600 valves per shift. If the production is increased to 2000 valves per shift, labor
productivity will increase by - ANSWER 25%
Henry Ford is noted for his contribution to: - ANSWER assembly line operations
Reasons to study OM include: - ANSWER studying how people organize
themselves for productive enterprise and learning about a costly part of the
enterprise
The "Father of Scientific Management" is: - ANSWER Frederick W. Taylor
The 10 strategic OM decisions include: - ANSWER All of these (layout strategy,
maintenance , process and capacity design, managing quality)
Operations management is applicable: - ANSWER to all firms, whether
manufacturing or service
Productivity can be improved by: - ANSWER decreasing inputs while holding
outputs steady
productivity measurement is complicated by: - ANSWER the fact that precise units
of measure are often unavailable
Reasons to study OM include learning about: - ANSWER all of these( how people
organize themselves for productive enterprise, how goods and services are
produced, what operations managers do, a costly part of the enterprise)
a business's stakeholders, whose conflicting perspectives cause ethical and social
dilemmas include: - ANSWER All of these ( lenders, suppliers, owners, employees)
All of the following decisions fall within the scope of operations management
EXCEPT for: - ANSWER creating the company income statement
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