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Which of the following is an advantage of job production?
A
It tries to satisfy the unique requirements of customers
B
Employees will become more skilled
C
Full potential of employees can be utilised
D
all of these
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Which of the following is an advantage of job production?
It tries to satisfy the unique requirements of customers
Employees will become more skilled
Full potential of employees can be utilised
all of these
...............involves systematically recording, analysing and synthesizing the times required to perform a motion.
Method study
Motion study
Time study
all of these
Which of the following is incorrect in the case of job production?
More variety of products is manufactured as per customers requirements
Volume of production is large
Highly skilled employees are required who can take up each job as a challenge
Detailed planning is essential for sequencing the requirements of each product
...............is defined as the combination of tasks that are required to keep a machine or part of a machine in the desirable condition.
Substitution
Maintenance
reduction
Induction
Which of the following is a characteristic of intermittent production system?
The flow of production is intermittent
The volume of production is generally small
A wide variety of products are produced
all of these
In the case of ............... type of maintenance,no actions or efforts are taken to maintain the equipment as the designer originally intended to ensure design life is reached.
Preventive maintenance
a and b
None of these
Break down maintenance
Which of the following is a production system?
Intermittent System
Project systems
all of these
Continuous System
...............can be defined as the measurements that detect the onset of a degradation mechanism, thereby allowing causal stressors to be eliminated or controlled prior to any significant deterioration in the component physical state
Predictive maintenance
Past maintenance
None of these
Break down maintenance
Which of the following factors affect the choice of manufacturing process?
Requirements of customers
Availability of capital
all of these
Product characteristics
All of the following decisions fall within the scope of operations management EXCEPT for
Design of products and processes
Location of facilities
Quality management
Financial analysis
The differences between the actual demand for a period and the demand forecast for that period is called:
Weighted arithmetic mean
Decision process
Mean square error
Forecast error
Operation management department has interaction with
Marketing department
a and b
None of these
Finance department
Which one of the following is not an objective of materials management?
To purchase receive transport and store materials efficiently
To reduce material costs through simplification standardisation
To fix cash dividend
To minimise material cost
...............is the art and science of ensuring that all which occurs is in accordance with the rules established and the instructions issued in the case of operations.
operational control
Operational summary
None of these
Operational attack
Which one of the following is not a part of production planning and control?
Financial leverage
Routing
Scheduling
Follow-up
If inputs decrease while output remains constant, what will happen to productivity?
It will decrease
It will remain the same
It is impossible to tell
It will increase
Resources are in the form of
Material
Capital
all of these
Human
...............is that aspect of operation management function, which is concerned with the acquisition, control, and use of materials needed and flow of goods and services connected with the production process.
Division of labour
Mass production
Craft production
Materials management
Which of the following is an objective of quality control?
To reduce companies cost through reduction of losses due to defects
To produce optimal quality at reduced price
all of these
To produce qualitative items
Operations management is part of
Natural science
a and b
None of these
Management science