BIT 3414 quiz 1 QUESTIONS WELL
ANSWERED GRADED A+ 2025/2026
product design - ANS ✔✔consumer input for design (prototype which is the initial mode then is
tested)
-CAD system - computer AIDED design system
just in time production (JIT) - ANS ✔✔made only what you need, when you need it
-a Winnebago perspective
-Saved a lot of money on inventory
-high degree of vertical integration (does not outsource; controlling all of the inputs and
outputs)
production processes - ANS ✔✔different levels of direct labor and hands on work
-cabinet shop
-metal stamping
-wire prep
cabinet shop - ANS ✔✔when it costs less per unit to produce high levels of output
-economies of scale
-more economical
economies of scale - ANS ✔✔as we make more units, we can lower the cost
,metal stamping - ANS ✔✔flexible manufacturing system (FMS) - automated machines and
material handling controlled by computer
--CNC machines - computer numerically controlled machines
wire prep - ANS ✔✔wires coded every 3 inches
-design for maintainability
-not doing it for the customer, instead for service personnel
product testing strategies - ANS ✔✔-rain test
-drop test
rain test - ANS ✔✔testing beyond operating conditions
-randomly selecting units for more extensive tests
drop test - ANS ✔✔how does this component react to this certain force
-CAE - computer aided engineering (ex. crash simulations)
operations - ANS ✔✔a function or system that transforms inputs into outputs of greater value
-assets available to the company and transform them into something we can sell
operations as a transformation process - ANS ✔✔Input (labor, equipment) -> Transformation
Process -> Output (goods or services)
--value of outputs should be higher than the value of the inputs because the process creates
value
types of transformation processes - ANS ✔✔-physical
-locational
, -exchange
-physiological
-psychological
-informational
-extraction
physical transformation process - ANS ✔✔as in manufacturing operations
locational transformation process - ANS ✔✔as in transportation or warehouse operations
-ex. Fedex
exchange transformation process - ANS ✔✔as in retail operations
physiological transformation process - ANS ✔✔healthcare, fitness trainer
psychological transformation process - ANS ✔✔entertainment
informational transformation process - ANS ✔✔communications
-ex. teaching
extraction transformation process - ANS ✔✔pulling raw materials from the environment
-ex. mining, logging
operations management - ANS ✔✔the design, operation, and improvement of productive
systems
-operations management is optimizing the decisions made during operations
ANSWERED GRADED A+ 2025/2026
product design - ANS ✔✔consumer input for design (prototype which is the initial mode then is
tested)
-CAD system - computer AIDED design system
just in time production (JIT) - ANS ✔✔made only what you need, when you need it
-a Winnebago perspective
-Saved a lot of money on inventory
-high degree of vertical integration (does not outsource; controlling all of the inputs and
outputs)
production processes - ANS ✔✔different levels of direct labor and hands on work
-cabinet shop
-metal stamping
-wire prep
cabinet shop - ANS ✔✔when it costs less per unit to produce high levels of output
-economies of scale
-more economical
economies of scale - ANS ✔✔as we make more units, we can lower the cost
,metal stamping - ANS ✔✔flexible manufacturing system (FMS) - automated machines and
material handling controlled by computer
--CNC machines - computer numerically controlled machines
wire prep - ANS ✔✔wires coded every 3 inches
-design for maintainability
-not doing it for the customer, instead for service personnel
product testing strategies - ANS ✔✔-rain test
-drop test
rain test - ANS ✔✔testing beyond operating conditions
-randomly selecting units for more extensive tests
drop test - ANS ✔✔how does this component react to this certain force
-CAE - computer aided engineering (ex. crash simulations)
operations - ANS ✔✔a function or system that transforms inputs into outputs of greater value
-assets available to the company and transform them into something we can sell
operations as a transformation process - ANS ✔✔Input (labor, equipment) -> Transformation
Process -> Output (goods or services)
--value of outputs should be higher than the value of the inputs because the process creates
value
types of transformation processes - ANS ✔✔-physical
-locational
, -exchange
-physiological
-psychological
-informational
-extraction
physical transformation process - ANS ✔✔as in manufacturing operations
locational transformation process - ANS ✔✔as in transportation or warehouse operations
-ex. Fedex
exchange transformation process - ANS ✔✔as in retail operations
physiological transformation process - ANS ✔✔healthcare, fitness trainer
psychological transformation process - ANS ✔✔entertainment
informational transformation process - ANS ✔✔communications
-ex. teaching
extraction transformation process - ANS ✔✔pulling raw materials from the environment
-ex. mining, logging
operations management - ANS ✔✔the design, operation, and improvement of productive
systems
-operations management is optimizing the decisions made during operations
