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th Editionby William J Stevenson Chapters 1
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- 19
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,Table of Contentsw# w#
Chapter 01 Introduction to Operations Management C
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ha pter 02 Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivit
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yCha pter 03 Forecasting
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Chapter 04 Product and Service Design
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Chapter 04S Reliability w# w#
Chapter 05 Strategic Capacity Planning forhProducts and Services
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Chapter 05S Decision Theoryw# w# w#
Chapter 06 Process Selection and Facility Layo
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ut Chapter 07 Work Design and Measurement
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Chap ter 07S Learning Curves
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Chapter 08 Location Planning and Analysi
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s Chapter 08S The Transportation Model
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w# Ch apter 09 Management of Quality Ch
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apter 1 0 Quality Control
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Chapter 10S Acceptance Sampling
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Chapter 11 Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduli
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ng Chapter 12 MRP and ERP
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Chapter 13 Inventory Management Chap
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ter 14 JIT and Lean Operations Chapter
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14S Maintenance
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Chapter 15 Supply Chain Management C
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hapter 16 Scheduling w# w#
Chapter 17 Project Management
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, Chapter 18 Management of Waiting Line
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s Chapter 19 LinearhProgramming
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Chapter 01 Introduction to Operations Management
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Student:
1. Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling
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and promoting the organization's goods orhservices.
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True False
2. Often, the collective success or failure of companies' operations functions will impact
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the ability of a nation to compete with other nations.
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True False
3. Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This means that only one o
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f the two types of operations management strategies are used.
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True False
4. Operations, marketing, and finance function independently of each other in
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most organizations.
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True False
5. The greater the degree of customer involvement, the more challenging the design
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and management of operations.
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True False
, 6. Goods producing organizations are not involved in service activiti
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es. True False
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7. Service operations require additional inventory because of the unpredictability of consu
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mer demand.
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True False
8. The value of outputs is measured by the prices customers are willing to pay for go
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ods or services.
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True False
9. The use of models will guarantee the best possible decisio
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ns. True False
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10. People who work in the field of operations should have skills that include both knowl
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edge and people skills.
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True False
11. Assembly lines achieved productivity but at the expense of standard of liv
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ing. True False
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12. The operations manager has primary responsibility for making operations system des
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ign decisions, such as system capacity and location of facilities.
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True False
13. The word "technology" is used only to refer to "information technolo
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gy". True False
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th Editionby William J Stevenson Chapters 1
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- 19
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,Table of Contentsw# w#
Chapter 01 Introduction to Operations Management C
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ha pter 02 Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivit
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yCha pter 03 Forecasting
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Chapter 04 Product and Service Design
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Chapter 04S Reliability w# w#
Chapter 05 Strategic Capacity Planning forhProducts and Services
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Chapter 05S Decision Theoryw# w# w#
Chapter 06 Process Selection and Facility Layo
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ut Chapter 07 Work Design and Measurement
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Chap ter 07S Learning Curves
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Chapter 08 Location Planning and Analysi
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s Chapter 08S The Transportation Model
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w# Ch apter 09 Management of Quality Ch
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apter 1 0 Quality Control
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Chapter 10S Acceptance Sampling
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Chapter 11 Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduli
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ng Chapter 12 MRP and ERP
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Chapter 13 Inventory Management Chap
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ter 14 JIT and Lean Operations Chapter
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14S Maintenance
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Chapter 15 Supply Chain Management C
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hapter 16 Scheduling w# w#
Chapter 17 Project Management
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, Chapter 18 Management of Waiting Line
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s Chapter 19 LinearhProgramming
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Chapter 01 Introduction to Operations Management
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Student:
1. Operations managers are responsible for assessing consumer wants and needs and selling
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and promoting the organization's goods orhservices.
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True False
2. Often, the collective success or failure of companies' operations functions will impact
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the ability of a nation to compete with other nations.
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True False
3. Companies are either producing goods or delivering services. This means that only one o
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f the two types of operations management strategies are used.
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True False
4. Operations, marketing, and finance function independently of each other in
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most organizations.
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True False
5. The greater the degree of customer involvement, the more challenging the design
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and management of operations.
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True False
, 6. Goods producing organizations are not involved in service activiti
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es. True False
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7. Service operations require additional inventory because of the unpredictability of consu
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mer demand.
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True False
8. The value of outputs is measured by the prices customers are willing to pay for go
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ods or services.
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True False
9. The use of models will guarantee the best possible decisio
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ns. True False
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10. People who work in the field of operations should have skills that include both knowl
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edge and people skills.
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True False
11. Assembly lines achieved productivity but at the expense of standard of liv
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ing. True False
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12. The operations manager has primary responsibility for making operations system des
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ign decisions, such as system capacity and location of facilities.
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True False
13. The word "technology" is used only to refer to "information technolo
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gy". True False
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