COB 300 OPERATIONS TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
generic - Answer-begins w a marketing opportunity and teams select appropriate
technologies to meet customers needs
house of quality - Answer-matrix that helps the design translate customer requirements
into operating and engineering goals
quality function deployment - Answer-helps company determine product characteristics
important to the consumer and to evaluate its own product in relation to others.
value analysis (value engineering) - Answer-analysis with the purpose of simploiyging
products and processes by achieving better performance t lower cost
utilizATION - Answer-RATIO OF THE TIME HTHAT A RESOURE IS ACTIVATED
RELATIVE TO THE TIME THAT IT IS AVAILBE FOR USE
buffering - Answer-storage area between stages where the output of a state is placed
prior to being use in a downstream stage
blocking - Answer-activities in the stage must stop because there is no pace to deposit
the item just completed
starving - Answer-the activities in a stage must stop bc there is no work
bottleneck - Answer-a resource that limits the capacity or maximum output of the
process
serial flow process - Answer-a single path for the system
parallel process - Answer-some of production has alternate paths were two or more
mechanisms are used to increase capacity
logistics processes - Answer-movement of things such as materials people or finished
goods
horizontal enrichment - Answer-workers perfume greater number of variety of task
vertical job enrichment - Answer-worker is involved in planning organizing and
inspecting work
lead time - Answer-time needed to respond to a customer order
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
generic - Answer-begins w a marketing opportunity and teams select appropriate
technologies to meet customers needs
house of quality - Answer-matrix that helps the design translate customer requirements
into operating and engineering goals
quality function deployment - Answer-helps company determine product characteristics
important to the consumer and to evaluate its own product in relation to others.
value analysis (value engineering) - Answer-analysis with the purpose of simploiyging
products and processes by achieving better performance t lower cost
utilizATION - Answer-RATIO OF THE TIME HTHAT A RESOURE IS ACTIVATED
RELATIVE TO THE TIME THAT IT IS AVAILBE FOR USE
buffering - Answer-storage area between stages where the output of a state is placed
prior to being use in a downstream stage
blocking - Answer-activities in the stage must stop because there is no pace to deposit
the item just completed
starving - Answer-the activities in a stage must stop bc there is no work
bottleneck - Answer-a resource that limits the capacity or maximum output of the
process
serial flow process - Answer-a single path for the system
parallel process - Answer-some of production has alternate paths were two or more
mechanisms are used to increase capacity
logistics processes - Answer-movement of things such as materials people or finished
goods
horizontal enrichment - Answer-workers perfume greater number of variety of task
vertical job enrichment - Answer-worker is involved in planning organizing and
inspecting work
lead time - Answer-time needed to respond to a customer order
