UTA OPMA 3306 CHAPTER 7 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PROCESS ANALYSIS & IMPROVEMENT
Service package - ANS ✔✔A bundle of goods and services that is provided in some
environment.
High and low degree of customer contact - ANS ✔✔A concept that relates to the physical
presence of the customer in the system
Web platform business - ANS ✔✔A firm that creates value by enabling the exchange of
information and processing of transactions between consumers and providers of a service or
product.
Service blueprint - ANS ✔✔A flowchart of a process emphasizing what is visible and what is not
visible to the customer
Poka-yokes - ANS ✔✔Procedures that prevent mistakes from becoming defects.
Queuing system - ANS ✔✔A process where customers wait in line for service
Arrival rate - ANS ✔✔The expected number of customers that arrive during each period
Poisson distribution - ANS ✔✔Probability distribution for the number of arrivals during each
time period
Exponential distribution - ANS ✔✔A probability distribution associated with the time between
arrivals.
Service rate - ANS ✔✔The number of customers a server can handle during a given time period.
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PROCESS ANALYSIS & IMPROVEMENT
Service package - ANS ✔✔A bundle of goods and services that is provided in some
environment.
High and low degree of customer contact - ANS ✔✔A concept that relates to the physical
presence of the customer in the system
Web platform business - ANS ✔✔A firm that creates value by enabling the exchange of
information and processing of transactions between consumers and providers of a service or
product.
Service blueprint - ANS ✔✔A flowchart of a process emphasizing what is visible and what is not
visible to the customer
Poka-yokes - ANS ✔✔Procedures that prevent mistakes from becoming defects.
Queuing system - ANS ✔✔A process where customers wait in line for service
Arrival rate - ANS ✔✔The expected number of customers that arrive during each period
Poisson distribution - ANS ✔✔Probability distribution for the number of arrivals during each
time period
Exponential distribution - ANS ✔✔A probability distribution associated with the time between
arrivals.
Service rate - ANS ✔✔The number of customers a server can handle during a given time period.