Question

Which of the following are measures of capacity in terms of outputs and inputs produced for the corresponding production system?

Select one:

A. Airline – customers checked out per hour – reservation calls handled per day

B. Supermarket – available seat miles per year – cartons unloaded per hour

C. University – graduates per year – students admitted per year

D. Automobile assembly plant – autos assembled per year –packages delivered per day

In planning the long-term capacity of an operation, one should take into account:

Select one:

A. Bottlenecks

B. Economies of scale

C. Economies of scope

D. Only B and C

When a resource is scheduled as if it had unlimited capacity to handle any and all jobs, its schedule is called

Select one:

A. Bottleneck

B. Infinite loading

C. Finite loading

D. Cycle time

The __________ plan is a preliminary, approximate schedule of an organization’s overall operations that will satisfy the demand forecast at minimum cost.

Select one:

A. Production

B. Rough-cut capacity

C. Long-term

D. Efficiency

E. Aggregate

__________ means deciding which jobs to assign to which work centers.

Select one:

A. Loading

B. Sequencing

C. MRP

D. Facility planning

E. MPS

Answer 1

C. University – graduates per year – students admitted per year are measures of capacity in terms of outputs and inputs produced for the corresponding production system. Whereas the remaining ones are not applicable in this context.

D. Only B and C. Economies of scale and economies of scope are something that one should take into account in planning the long-term capacity. Whereas the remaining one is not appropriate in this context.

B. Infinite loading is the term that is used for the schedule when a resource is scheduled as if it had unlimited capacity to handle any and all jobs. Whereas the remaining terms are not applicable in this context.

E. Aggregate plan is a preliminary, approximate schedule of an organization’s overall operations that will satisfy the demand forecast at minimum cost. Whereas the remaining ones are not relevant in this context.

A. Loading means deciding which jobs to assign to which work centers. Whereas the remaining ones are not appropriate terms to be used in this context.

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