SU MBA6012 All Weeks Knowledge Checks Latest 2019 March Question # 00599800 Subject: Education Due on: 03/25/2019 Posted On: 03/25/2019 10:28 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.9/5

MBA6012
Operations and Supply Management

Week 1
Knowledge Check

Question 1

The systemic approach to operations management converts
inputs into outputs through a transformation process.

Question 1 options:

True

False

Question 2

SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats.

Question 2 options:

True

False

Question 3

Positioning an organization is unrelated to a SWOT analysis.

Question 3 options:

True

False

Question 4

To compete on quality, the entire company must focus on
flexibility.

Question 4 options:

True

False

Question 5

To compete on cost or price, a company has to walk through
the process and get rid of any non-value-added procedures.

Question 5 options:

True

False

MBA6012
Operations and Supply Management

Week 2
Knowledge Check

Question 1

Project management is a methodical approach toward managing
projects and reviewing and improving products and services.

Question 1 options:

True

False

Question 2

At the beginning of a project, a project charter has to be
developed and approved.

Question 2 options:

True

False

Question 3

The design of a service can be unrelated to the service the
customer needs or wants.

Question 3 options:

True

False

Question 4

Capacity Planning is the process of determining how much
capacity a company has at the present and how much capacity is needed in the
future to meet customer demand.

Question 4 options:

True

False

Question 5

RCCP is a constrained approach to planning.

Question 5 options:

True

False

MBA6012
Operations and Supply Management

Week 3
Knowledge Check

Question 1

A process map provides a visual display of all of the
activities in a particular process.

Question 1 options:

True

False

Question 2

Flowcharts are ineffective tools for evaluating the
effectiveness and efficiency of a series of processes

Question 2 options:

True

False

Question 3

Six Sigma usually uses the Define-Measure-Improve
methodology

Question 3 options:

True

False

Question 4

Six Sigma can be used as a continuous process improvement
and quality tool.

Question 4 options:

True

False

Question 5

Muther’s Grid is a tool for generating Six Sigma results in
product quality.

Question 5 options:

True

False

MBA6012
Operations and Supply Management

Week 4
Knowledge Check

Question 1 Dr. Deming advocated the use of the
Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle.

Question 1 options:

True

False

Question 2 The term “supply chain” was coined in
the early 1950s

Question 2 options:

True

False

Question 3 The center-of-gravity technique is used to
identify where to place a facility.

Question 3 options:

True

False

Question 4 Site selection criteria should include
construction costs, land costs (acquisition or rent), access to customers, and
the availability of education and training facilities.

Question 4 options:

True

False

Question 5 Just-in-Time finds its origins in W. Edward
Deming’s concept of the Toyota Production System, which he called Lean.

Question 5 options:

True

False

MBA6012
Operations and Supply Management

Week 5
Knowledge Check

Question 1 One quantitative method for determining the
appropriate amount of inventory to acquire is known as the economic order
quantity (EOQ).

Question 1 options:

True

False

Question 2 The inventory turnover ratio is also called
“inventory turns”.

Question 2 options:

True

False

Question 3 The Theory of Constraints postulates that every
system has a constraint, or a bottleneck, which restricts the flow through the
system.

Question 3 options:

True

False

Question 4 In TOC, the drum is the inventory at the
constraint to keep the constraint constantly operating.

Question 4 options:

True

False

Question 5

In forecasting, Error = Forecast sales/demand – Actual
sales/demand

Question 5 options:

True

False