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To reduce the cost of holding too much inventory, many companies have implemented:

A) ABC inventory management.
B) first-in, last-out inventory control.
C) just-in-time inventory control.
D) maximum inventory management.

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In manufacturing, a(n) __________ is used to produce large quantities of a few types of products.

A) assembly-line layout
B) process layout
C) modular layout
D) fixed-position layout

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In order to be more competitive globally, production techniques such as enterprise resource planning and lean manufacturing are being used by American manufacturers.

The end result of PERT analysis is an estimate of the total cost of completing a project.

Operations management is a specialized area in management that converts resources into:

__________ involves computers directly in the production process.

Education and training are less important to workers in the service sector than to workers who have jobs in the manufacturing sector.

Six Sigma is a quality measure that allows only 3.4 defects per million opportunities.

One drawback of intermittent production processes is that they tend to be much slower than continuous processes.

For most service businesses the quality standard has become:

Process manufacturing physically or chemically alters materials to create finished goods.

To strengthen its manufacturing base in the future, U.S. will have to:

The PERT network provides a project manager with a plan that puts all the activities of a project in the correct order that they must be accomplished, shows which activities can be accomplished simultaneously, and, also gives the manager a good estimate of how long each activity will take to complete.

Facility layout is the function of operations management that considers the physical arrangement of resources (including people) in the production process.

The recent recession greatly affected the state of manufacturing in the U.S., resulting in a slowdown in production and the loss of jobs.

Justin Tyme is a manager at Elastic Plastic, Inc. His duties include production scheduling and keeping tabs on the company's inventory. These activities suggest that Justin is involved in promotions management.

In JIT inventory systems a manufacturer normally communicates its production plans to suppliers so that they can deliver needed parts and materials just in time for the manufacturer to use them.

Manny is a production and operations manager who likes to keep track of how various projects are progressing. One of Manny's favorite tools is a bar graph that shows how much work has been completed on the projects that are currently under way and which processes are behind schedule. Manny likes to use a(n) :

A bar graph that shows what projects or tasks are in process and how much of each is completed is called a(n) :

The purpose of computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) is to unite computer-aided design with computer-aided manufacturing.