GMS 401 Final Exam 2026/2027
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Production - ANSWER ✔✔the creation of goods and services
Operations Management - ANSWER ✔✔Activities that relate to the
creation of goods and services through the transformation of inputs to
outputs
Supply chain - ANSWER ✔✔A global network of organizations and
activities that supply a firm with goods and services
Services - ANSWER ✔✔Economic activities that typically produce an
intangible product (such as education, entertainment, lodging,
government, financial, and health services)
,Service sector - ANSWER ✔✔the segment of the economy that
includes trade, financial, lodging, education, legal, medical, and other
professional occupations
Management process - ANSWER ✔✔the application of planning,
organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling to the achievement of
objectives
Differentiation - ANSWER ✔✔distinguishing the offerings of an
organization in a way that the customer perceives as adding value
Experience Differentiation - ANSWER ✔✔Engaging a customer with
a product through imaginative use of the five senses, so the customer
"experiences" the product
Low cost leadership - ANSWER ✔✔achieving maximum value, as
perceived by the customer
Response - ANSWER ✔✔a set of values related to rapid, flexible,
and reliable performance
Mission - ANSWER ✔✔the purpose or rationale for an organization's
existence
Strategy - ANSWER ✔✔how an organization expects to achieve its
missions and goals
, Productivity - ANSWER ✔✔the ratio of outputs (goods and services)
divided by one or more inputs (such as labour, capital or management)
Single factor Productivity - ANSWER ✔✔Indicates the ratio of one
resource (input) to the goods and services produced (outputs).
Multifactor productivity - ANSWER ✔✔indicates the ratio of many or
all resources (inputs) to the goods and services produced (outputs)
Productivity variables - ANSWER ✔✔the three factors critical to
productivity improvement - capital and the art and science of
management
Knowledge Society - ANSWER ✔✔a society in which much of the
labour force has migrated from manual work to work based on
knowledge
Maintenance - ANSWER ✔✔the activities involved in keeping a
systems equipment in working order
Reliability - ANSWER ✔✔the probability that a machine part or
product will function properly for a specified time under stated conditions
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) - ANSWER ✔✔The expected
time between a repair and the next failure of a component, machine,
process, or product.
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Production - ANSWER ✔✔the creation of goods and services
Operations Management - ANSWER ✔✔Activities that relate to the
creation of goods and services through the transformation of inputs to
outputs
Supply chain - ANSWER ✔✔A global network of organizations and
activities that supply a firm with goods and services
Services - ANSWER ✔✔Economic activities that typically produce an
intangible product (such as education, entertainment, lodging,
government, financial, and health services)
,Service sector - ANSWER ✔✔the segment of the economy that
includes trade, financial, lodging, education, legal, medical, and other
professional occupations
Management process - ANSWER ✔✔the application of planning,
organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling to the achievement of
objectives
Differentiation - ANSWER ✔✔distinguishing the offerings of an
organization in a way that the customer perceives as adding value
Experience Differentiation - ANSWER ✔✔Engaging a customer with
a product through imaginative use of the five senses, so the customer
"experiences" the product
Low cost leadership - ANSWER ✔✔achieving maximum value, as
perceived by the customer
Response - ANSWER ✔✔a set of values related to rapid, flexible,
and reliable performance
Mission - ANSWER ✔✔the purpose or rationale for an organization's
existence
Strategy - ANSWER ✔✔how an organization expects to achieve its
missions and goals
, Productivity - ANSWER ✔✔the ratio of outputs (goods and services)
divided by one or more inputs (such as labour, capital or management)
Single factor Productivity - ANSWER ✔✔Indicates the ratio of one
resource (input) to the goods and services produced (outputs).
Multifactor productivity - ANSWER ✔✔indicates the ratio of many or
all resources (inputs) to the goods and services produced (outputs)
Productivity variables - ANSWER ✔✔the three factors critical to
productivity improvement - capital and the art and science of
management
Knowledge Society - ANSWER ✔✔a society in which much of the
labour force has migrated from manual work to work based on
knowledge
Maintenance - ANSWER ✔✔the activities involved in keeping a
systems equipment in working order
Reliability - ANSWER ✔✔the probability that a machine part or
product will function properly for a specified time under stated conditions
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) - ANSWER ✔✔The expected
time between a repair and the next failure of a component, machine,
process, or product.
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