WGU C720 Competency 4: Process Design, Capacity Planning and Location Analysis, Questions and answers, VERIFIED. (2024/25 exam UPDATES. APPROVED)

WGU C720 Competency 4: Process Design, Capacity Planning and Location Analysis, Questions and answers, VERIFIED. Which step in the Theory of Constraints is to determine the bottleneck of improvement opportunity? - -#1- identify the system's constraint Which step in the Theory of Constraints is the ensure the bottleneck is at 100% capacity utilization or throughput? - -#2- exploit the system's constraint Which step in the Theory of Constraints is to communicate the bottleneck? - -#3- subordinate everything else to the above decision Which step in the Theory of Constraints is to determine how to increase the bottleneck's capacity? - #4- elevate the system's constraint Facility Location - -the placement of a facility with regard to a company's customers, suppliers, and other facilities with which the company interacts based on quantitative and qualitative factors Quantitative Factors - -easily measurable and are usually assigned a numerical value Qualitative Factors - -are more subjective and are usually not enumerated Regional Facility Strategy - -requires that each production facility has a defined marketing area and each facility produces a complete line of products for that area