OPMA 3306 FINAL EXAM UTA OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS STUDY
GUIDE 2026/2027 | COMPREHENSIVE FINAL REVIEW
Workforce level - ANS ✔✔Number of workers needed in a period
Sustainability - ANS ✔✔The ability to meet current resources needs without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their needs
Tripe bottle line - ANS ✔✔Evaluating the firm against social, economic, and environmental
criteria.
Operations and supply chain strategy - ANS ✔✔The setting of broad policies and plans that will
guide the use of resources needed by the firm to implement its corporate strategy.
Operations effectiveness - ANS ✔✔Performing activities in a manner that best implements
strategic priorities at minimum cost.
Straddling - ANS ✔✔When a firm seeks to match what a competitor is doing by adding new
futures, services, or technologies to existing activities.
Order winners - ANS ✔✔One or more specific marketing oriented dimensions that clearly
differentiate a product from competitors products.
order qualifiers - ANS ✔✔dimensions used to screen a product or service as candidate for
purchase.
activity system maps - ANS ✔✔diagrams that show how a company's strategy is delivered
through a set of supporting activities.
, Supply Chain Risk - ANS ✔✔The likelihood of disruption that would impact the ability of a
company to continuously supply products or services.
Productivity - ANS ✔✔a measure of how well resources are used:
Productivity = outputs/inputs
A strategy that is designed to meet current needs without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs - ANS ✔✔Sustainable
The three criteria included in a tripe bottom line - ANS ✔✔Social, economic, environmental
The seven operations and supply chain competitive dimensions - ANS ✔✔-cost
quality
-delivery speed
-delivery reliability
-coping with changes in demand
-flexibility and speed of new product introduction
-other product-specific criteria
it is probably most difficult to compete on this major competitive dimension - ANS ✔✔Cost
This occurs when a company seeks to match what a competitor is doing by while maintaining its
existing competitive position. - ANS ✔✔Straddling
A criterion that differentiates the products of services of one firm from those of another - ANS
✔✔order winner
GUIDE 2026/2027 | COMPREHENSIVE FINAL REVIEW
Workforce level - ANS ✔✔Number of workers needed in a period
Sustainability - ANS ✔✔The ability to meet current resources needs without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their needs
Tripe bottle line - ANS ✔✔Evaluating the firm against social, economic, and environmental
criteria.
Operations and supply chain strategy - ANS ✔✔The setting of broad policies and plans that will
guide the use of resources needed by the firm to implement its corporate strategy.
Operations effectiveness - ANS ✔✔Performing activities in a manner that best implements
strategic priorities at minimum cost.
Straddling - ANS ✔✔When a firm seeks to match what a competitor is doing by adding new
futures, services, or technologies to existing activities.
Order winners - ANS ✔✔One or more specific marketing oriented dimensions that clearly
differentiate a product from competitors products.
order qualifiers - ANS ✔✔dimensions used to screen a product or service as candidate for
purchase.
activity system maps - ANS ✔✔diagrams that show how a company's strategy is delivered
through a set of supporting activities.
, Supply Chain Risk - ANS ✔✔The likelihood of disruption that would impact the ability of a
company to continuously supply products or services.
Productivity - ANS ✔✔a measure of how well resources are used:
Productivity = outputs/inputs
A strategy that is designed to meet current needs without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs - ANS ✔✔Sustainable
The three criteria included in a tripe bottom line - ANS ✔✔Social, economic, environmental
The seven operations and supply chain competitive dimensions - ANS ✔✔-cost
quality
-delivery speed
-delivery reliability
-coping with changes in demand
-flexibility and speed of new product introduction
-other product-specific criteria
it is probably most difficult to compete on this major competitive dimension - ANS ✔✔Cost
This occurs when a company seeks to match what a competitor is doing by while maintaining its
existing competitive position. - ANS ✔✔Straddling
A criterion that differentiates the products of services of one firm from those of another - ANS
✔✔order winner
