ENGM 445 Chapter 1 Discussion Questions and Example
Problems
1. Which three of the following
Beverages, power utilities, and
industries are classified as publishing.
secondary industries:
(a)beverages
(b)financial services
(c)fishing
(d)power utilities
(e)publishing
(f) transportation
2. Mining is classified as which one Primary industry.
of the following industry
categories:
(a)agricultural industry
(b)manufacturing industry
(c)primary industry
(d)secondary industry
(e)service industry
(f) tertiary industry
3. What is the difference between soft prod- Soft: Components are shared
between prod-
uct variety and hard product variety, 5. One of the dimensions
as these terms are defined in the of manufacturing
text? capability is
technological
processing ca- pability.
Define technological
4. How are product variety and processing capability.
production quantity related when
comparing typical factories?
1/
5
, ENGM 445 Chapter 1 Discussion Questions and Example
Problems
ucts. (ditterent car models made on the same assembly
line)
Hard: Components ditter substantially. (car vs truck)
They are inversely related.
The available set of manufacturing processes of a plant or
company.
2/
5
Problems
1. Which three of the following
Beverages, power utilities, and
industries are classified as publishing.
secondary industries:
(a)beverages
(b)financial services
(c)fishing
(d)power utilities
(e)publishing
(f) transportation
2. Mining is classified as which one Primary industry.
of the following industry
categories:
(a)agricultural industry
(b)manufacturing industry
(c)primary industry
(d)secondary industry
(e)service industry
(f) tertiary industry
3. What is the difference between soft prod- Soft: Components are shared
between prod-
uct variety and hard product variety, 5. One of the dimensions
as these terms are defined in the of manufacturing
text? capability is
technological
processing ca- pability.
Define technological
4. How are product variety and processing capability.
production quantity related when
comparing typical factories?
1/
5
, ENGM 445 Chapter 1 Discussion Questions and Example
Problems
ucts. (ditterent car models made on the same assembly
line)
Hard: Components ditter substantially. (car vs truck)
They are inversely related.
The available set of manufacturing processes of a plant or
company.
2/
5
