...............is the level of output volume for which total cost equals total revenues
Profit
Breakeven point
sales
all of these
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...............is the level of output volume for which total cost equals total revenues
Profit
Breakeven point
sales
all of these
...............is a priority rule that gives top priority to the waiting job whose operation time at a work center is shortest.
Material shortage
Shortest-processing-time rule
a and b
None of these
Which of the following is theobjective of plant layout
Streamline the flow of materials through the plant
Facilitate the manufacturing process
Minimise materials handling cost
all of these
Which of the following is not a part of scientific management principles?
Replacement of rule of thumb
Scientific selection of employees
Supervise each worker in detail
Coercion
Walter Shewhart is listed among the most important people of POM because of his contributions to
assembly line production
Measuring productivity in the service sector
Statistical quality control
Just-in-Time inventory methods
ISO 9000 is a ...............
International standard
National standard
Local standard
None of these
Fixed position layout is also called as ............... of layout
Project type
Product type
a andb
None of these
...............is a recording technique for micro motionstudy.
Simultaneous Motion Cycle chart
Simultaneous Master Cycle Chart
a and b
None of these
Which of the following is not an objective of operations management?
Customer satisfaction
Profitability
Timeliness
Employee punishment
Which of the following is an objective of quality assurance?
To improve quality
To reduce cost
to increase productivity
all of these
The Father of Scientific Management is
Frank Gilbreth
Frederick WTaylor
W Edwards Deming
Walther Shewhart
...............is the configuration of departments, work centres and equipment in the conversion process.
Plant lay out
Plant locations
a and b
None of these
...............is one that is capable of producing a variety of products (or parts) with virtually no time lost for changeovers form one product to the next.
A flexible automated system
A fixed automated system
a andb
None of these
...............are those materials and equipments which have no immediate use but have accumulated due to faulty planning, forecasting and purchasing.
Surplus items
Deficit items
a and b
None of these
Which of the following statement is not true in the case of goods?
Tangibility
Can be stored
Physical shape
Intangibility
The person most responsible for popularizing interchangeable parts in manufacturing was
Eli Whitney
Whitney Houston
Sergio Farmerson
Lillian Gilbreth
Production facilities are arranged as per the sequence of production operations from the first operations to the finished product. This method is called
Process production
Job production
Both of these
None of these
...............refers to the development of the concept or idea of a product in terms of specifications which are required for transforming the idea in to product
Product design
Product development
a and b
None of these
...............is the analysis and comparisons of items to group them into families with similar characteristics
Mass technology
Group Technology
Independent technology
None of these
...............is an organized creative approach which has its objective, the efficient identification of unnecessary costùcost which provides neither quality nor use nor life nor appearance nor customer features.
Money chain
Value analysis
Supply chain
None of these