Which of the following is considered a ‘quality guru?’
a) Elton Mayo
b) W. Edwards Deming
c) Alex Gamble
d) F.W. Harris
e) Frederick W. Taylor
Which of the following is not a step in the load-distance model?
a) solve algebraically for the best location
b) identify loads
c) select the site with the lowest load-distance score
d) identify distances
e) calculate the load-distance score for each location
Which of the following would not be considered a core competency that a company
might have?
a) a highly trained workforce
b) an inefficient distribution system
c) skills in attracting and raising capital
d) use of information technology
e) quality control techniques
Job A is due on day 15, and it is finished on day 12. What is its tardiness?
a) ‘“3
b) 0
c) 3
d) both -3 and 3
e) none of these answer choices are correct
An activity in a network diagram has an optimistic time estimate of seven days, a most
likely time estimate of 11 days, and a pessimistic time estimate of 19 days. Its variance
is _________.
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 12
e) 24
For a single-server, single-line, single-phase waiting line system, where represents
the mean arrival rate of customers and represents the mean service rate, what is the
formula for the average utilization of the system?
a) /
b) / ( )
c) 2 / ( )
d) 1 / ( )
e) / ( )
What in Excel Solver corresponds to the decision variables in the algebraic model?
a) Optimization Cells
b) Target Cells
c) Changing Cells
d) Decision Cells
e) Parameter Cells
ABC inventory assumes that a company’s inventory is ____ equal and
_______________ the same level of _________.
a) fully, does demand approximately, costs
b) counted, requires control for, profit
c) not, does not need, control
d) not, does not need, ordering
e) not, does not need, sales
Using a level production plan how many oil changes must each employee be capable of
to meet a weekly demand of 1400 oil changes in a five day work week if there are 4
employees?
a) 40
b) 50
c) 60
d) 70
e) 80
Consider a single-server queuing system (with Poisson arrivals and exponential service
times). If the arrival rate is 30 units per hour, and each customer takes 30 seconds on
average to be served, what is the average length of the line?
a) 1.03
b) 1.03
c) 0.166
d) 0.333
e) 0.083
The probability of completing a project in a specified amount of time is being
calculated. For a particular path through the project, the ______________ shows the
path’s number of standard deviations that the specified time is past the expected path
completion time.
a) m-value
b) z-value
c) sigma-value
d) s-value
e) alpha-value
The principle, ‘Do not hard-code an input directly into a formula,’ is the main feature of
spreadsheet ________________.
a) correctness
b) documentation
c) aesthetics
d) flexibility
e) randomness
Which forecasting method assumes that next period’s forecast is equal to this period’s
actual value?
a) Simple mean
b) Ignorant
c) Basic
d) Naïve
e) Nescient
Which of the following is not an assumption of the waiting line models presented in the
textbook?
a) balking is not allowed
b) reneging is allowed
c) jockeying is not allowed
d) customer arrival rate is described by a Poisson distribution
e) service times are described by an exponential distribution
Which of the following is not typically done jointly by CPFR trading partners?
a) set forecasts
b) plan production
c) replenish inventories
d) raise capital
e) evaluate their success in the marketplace
The ultimate goal of JIT is to produce products in a lot size of
a) 100 or fewer
b) N = (DT(1+X))/C
c) The inverse of the carrying cost
d) One
e) The capacity of the factory
Central Heating needs to forecast the number of boilers they will sell in April. Using the
following data and an alpha of .3 how many boilers should they have on hand?
The formula (due date – remaining processing time)/(number of remaining operations
measures the ___________________.
What is a primary reason why recommended footers contain the date and time?
What is the formula for effective utilization? ________________________
What is another name for speculative inventory?
Discuss why facility layout is important to a supply chain
What are some general technological trends in the marketplace?
With respect to costing, what uses does a company have for standard times?
The three criteria for selecting an ERP system include _____________,
________________, and _______________.