SOLUTION ASSESSMENT SCRIPT 2026.
◉ Which Six Sigma step requires a firm to create goals, measures,
and action plans for projects to identify improvements that will make
a significant impact on profitability and achieve strategic objectives?
Answer: Align
◉ Why would a quality manager use a flowchart in the production
process? Answer: To identify the relationships between functions
◉ Which role do employees play as stakeholders in total quality
management operations? Answer: They aim to create customer
satisfaction.
◉ Which cost is associated with a firm's investment to achieve
superior performance through ongoing process improvements?
Answer: Quality assurance cost
◉ Which approach does a firm use when it buys raw materials from
suppliers in various locations, manufactures consumer products in
Asia, and then ships the finished products to its distribution centers in
the United States? Answer: Global supply chain
◉ A company develops a product that is highly tailored to meet
certain customer needs.
, How has the quality of design for the selected product been applied?
Answer: The product has specific characteristics designed into it.
◉ An investment bank wants to launch a new financial service for a
specific income group using the standard service design process.
What is the expected deliverable of the service specification stage?
Answer: Defining the design requirements of the financial service
◉ To improve quality standards, a manufacturing unit uses a
statistical process control chart with one standard deviation control
limit to track the vibration levels of a factory machine.
What is a characteristic of this control chart? Answer: It will be
sensitive to small changes in machine vibration.
◉ A supplier for an automobile company uses quality-at-source
principles and methods across its value chain.
How will this impact the company? Answer: Just-in-time deliveries
can be planned.
◉ An information technology firm wants to launch a new service
using the standard service design process. The firm has defined the
performance benefits and performance requirements of the new
service.