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1 Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management
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2 Quality Management
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3 Statistical Process Control
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S3 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Acceptance Sampling
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4 Product Design
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5 Service Design
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6 Processes and Technology
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7 Capacity and Facilities Design
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S7 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Facility Location Models
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8 Human Resources
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S8 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Work Measurement
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9 Project Management
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10 Supply Chain Management Strategy and Design
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11 Global Supply Chain Procurement and Distribution
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S11 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Transportation and Transshipment Models
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12 Forecasting
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13 Inventory Management
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S13 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Simulation
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14 Sales and Operations Planning
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S14 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Linear Programming
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15 Resource Planning Systems
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16 Lean Production Systems
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17 Scheduling
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Chapter 1 – Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management
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The Operations Function
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1. The operations function interacts with
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a. Marketing
b. Suppliers
c. Human resources b
d. Finance
e. All of the above b b b
Difficulty: Easyb
Answer: d
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2. Operations is often described as b b b b
a. the creative core of an organization b b b b b
b. a transformation process b b
c. the source of firm profitability b b b b
d. all of the above b b b
Difficulty: Easyb
Answer: b
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The Evolution of Operations and Supply Chain Management
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1. b helped to enable the Industrial Revolution.
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a. Linear programming b
b. Quality circles b
c. Interchangeable parts b
d. The Internet b
Difficulty: Easyb
Answer: c
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2. The Principles of Scientific Management were proposed by
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a. Adam Smith b
b. Henry Ford b
c. Frederick Taylor b
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Difficulty: Easy b
Answer: c
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3. Supply chain management emerged as
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a. companies started to outsource production b b b b
b. the number of suppliers for each company grew
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c. globalization expanded the reach of suppliers and customers b b b b b b b
d. all of the above b b b
Difficulty: Easy b
Answer: d
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4. The quality revolution was brought to us by
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a. Germany
b. Japan
c. China
d. Mexico
Difficulty: Easy b
Answer: b
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Globalization
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a. World trade agreements b b
b. The Internet b
c. Outsourcing
d. All of the above b b b
Difficulty: Easy b
Answer: d
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2. Which of the following countries has the highest hourly wage rate?
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a. Norway
b. U.S.
c. Germany
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Difficulty: Moderate b
Answer: a
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3. Companies go global to b b b
a. take advantage of favorable costs b b b b
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