COB 300 OPERATIONS PROFESSIONAL
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PREP QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● How are manufacturing processes organized?
Answer: Project layout
Job shop
Batch process
Assembly line
Continuous process
Flexible manufacturing
●● Lead Time
Answer: The time needed to respond to a customer order
●● Customer Order Decoupling Point
Answer: Where inventory is positioned to allow entities in the supply
chain to operate independently
●● Lean Manufacturing
Answer: A means of achieving high levels of customer service with
minimal inventory investment
,●● Make-to-Stock
Answer: serve customers from finished goods inventory
●● Assemble-to-Order
Answer: Combine a number of preassembled modules to meet a
customer's specifications
●● Make-to-Order
Answer: Make the customer's product from raw materials, parts, and
components
●● Engineer-to-Order
Answer: Work with the customer to design and then make the product
●● On a scale of 1-4 (4 being short) what is the customer lead time for
Make-to-Stock?
On a scale of 1-4 (4 being high) what is the inventory investment for
Make-to-Stock?
Answer: 4
4
, ●● On a scale of 1-4 (4 being short) what is the customer lead time for
Make-to-Order?
On a scale of 1-4 (4 being high) what is the inventory investment for
Make-to-Order?
Answer: 2
2
●● On a scale of 1-4 (4 being short) what is the customer lead time for
Assemble-to-Order?
On a scale of 1-4 (4 being high) what is the inventory investment for
Assemble-to-Order?
Answer: 3
3
●● On a scale of 1-4 (4 being short) what is the customer lead time for
Engineer-to-Order?
On a scale of 1-4 (4 being high) what is the inventory investment for
Engineer-to-Order?
Answer: 1
1
●● What are the categories of flexible manufacturing systems?
Answer: Matching flexibility
Product flexibility
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PREP QUESTIONS
AND ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● How are manufacturing processes organized?
Answer: Project layout
Job shop
Batch process
Assembly line
Continuous process
Flexible manufacturing
●● Lead Time
Answer: The time needed to respond to a customer order
●● Customer Order Decoupling Point
Answer: Where inventory is positioned to allow entities in the supply
chain to operate independently
●● Lean Manufacturing
Answer: A means of achieving high levels of customer service with
minimal inventory investment
,●● Make-to-Stock
Answer: serve customers from finished goods inventory
●● Assemble-to-Order
Answer: Combine a number of preassembled modules to meet a
customer's specifications
●● Make-to-Order
Answer: Make the customer's product from raw materials, parts, and
components
●● Engineer-to-Order
Answer: Work with the customer to design and then make the product
●● On a scale of 1-4 (4 being short) what is the customer lead time for
Make-to-Stock?
On a scale of 1-4 (4 being high) what is the inventory investment for
Make-to-Stock?
Answer: 4
4
, ●● On a scale of 1-4 (4 being short) what is the customer lead time for
Make-to-Order?
On a scale of 1-4 (4 being high) what is the inventory investment for
Make-to-Order?
Answer: 2
2
●● On a scale of 1-4 (4 being short) what is the customer lead time for
Assemble-to-Order?
On a scale of 1-4 (4 being high) what is the inventory investment for
Assemble-to-Order?
Answer: 3
3
●● On a scale of 1-4 (4 being short) what is the customer lead time for
Engineer-to-Order?
On a scale of 1-4 (4 being high) what is the inventory investment for
Engineer-to-Order?
Answer: 1
1
●● What are the categories of flexible manufacturing systems?
Answer: Matching flexibility
Product flexibility