BCOR 3030 EXAM ONE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
WIP (work-in-progress)
The name for the inputs that are not yet outputs
• Anything that has started to be processed but isn't completed is considered WIP.
What is the output for a law firm?
A case that is resolved in some way (maybe it wasdropped, or settlement achieve, or a
court decision rendered)
• The output of a law firm is some kind of decision or settlement of the lawsui
What is the input for a hospital?
A sick or injured patient
• Hospitals "transform" a sick patient into a healthy one, sick patients are inputs
What resource(s) does an airline use to create their output?
Airports
• Resource used to transform inputs to outputs
&
Airplanes
• Resource used to transform inputs to outputs
, &
Pilots
• Resource used to transform inputs to outputs
Apple's design team becomes the "input" for the company Foxconn, who then
makes the physical iPhone. In this context, what would be the "output" of Apple's
design team?
The drawings and specifications of the iPhone (but not physical iPhones).
• The output of the design team is the finished specification which their
supplier(Foxconn) actually physically produces for the
DEO is a firm that designs products. (If you haven't already seen it, below is a link
to a video describing how they wentabout designing a new shopping cart.) Here
is a quote from IDEO's founder, Dave Kelley:"The point is, we're not expects in
any given area. We're expects on the process of how you design stuff. So we
don'tcare if you give us a toothbrush, a tractor, a space shuttle, a chair, it's all the
same to us." What does Dave Kelley meanby
this?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M66ZU2PCIcM
They have found what they believe to be the best set of process stepsfor designing new
products, and they methodically follow those process steps regardlessof the type of
product they are designing.
• IDEO has a very specific serious of steps they follow no matter what kind of product
they aredesignin
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
WIP (work-in-progress)
The name for the inputs that are not yet outputs
• Anything that has started to be processed but isn't completed is considered WIP.
What is the output for a law firm?
A case that is resolved in some way (maybe it wasdropped, or settlement achieve, or a
court decision rendered)
• The output of a law firm is some kind of decision or settlement of the lawsui
What is the input for a hospital?
A sick or injured patient
• Hospitals "transform" a sick patient into a healthy one, sick patients are inputs
What resource(s) does an airline use to create their output?
Airports
• Resource used to transform inputs to outputs
&
Airplanes
• Resource used to transform inputs to outputs
, &
Pilots
• Resource used to transform inputs to outputs
Apple's design team becomes the "input" for the company Foxconn, who then
makes the physical iPhone. In this context, what would be the "output" of Apple's
design team?
The drawings and specifications of the iPhone (but not physical iPhones).
• The output of the design team is the finished specification which their
supplier(Foxconn) actually physically produces for the
DEO is a firm that designs products. (If you haven't already seen it, below is a link
to a video describing how they wentabout designing a new shopping cart.) Here
is a quote from IDEO's founder, Dave Kelley:"The point is, we're not expects in
any given area. We're expects on the process of how you design stuff. So we
don'tcare if you give us a toothbrush, a tractor, a space shuttle, a chair, it's all the
same to us." What does Dave Kelley meanby
this?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M66ZU2PCIcM
They have found what they believe to be the best set of process stepsfor designing new
products, and they methodically follow those process steps regardlessof the type of
product they are designing.
• IDEO has a very specific serious of steps they follow no matter what kind of product
they aredesignin
