BADM 7120 OPERATIONS

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BADM 7120 OPERATIONS

MANAGEMENT - FINAL

QUESTIONS WITH

EXPLANATIONS OF ANSW ERS |

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Question :The contemporary operations themes signify

that:

• To be competitive, strategies for operations should

exclude broader supply chain issues.

• More emphasis should be placed on manufacturing

than on service industries.

• Operations decisions should precede decision in other

functions in an organization.

• Every operation should be externally directed to meet

the customers' requirements.

Correct answer:D. Every operation should be externally

directed to meet the customers' requirements.

Question :The four major decision responsibilities of

operations management are:

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• Process, quality, capacity, and human resources
• Quality, inventory, human resources, and capacity
• Process, capacity, quality, and inventory
• Process, quality, human resources, and inventory

Correct answer:C. Process, capacity, quality, and

inventory

Question :Supply chain management includes the

integration of:

• Suppliers
• Manufacturers
• Customers
• All of the Above

Correct answer:D. All of the above

Question :The four elements that form the heart of

operations strategy include:

• Mission, distinctive competence, internal analysis, and

external analysis

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• Mission, objectives, internal analysis, and external

analysis

• Mission, distinctive competence, objectives internal

analysis

• Mission, distinctive competence, objectives, and

strategic decisions

Correct answer:D. Mission, distinctive competence,

objectives, and strategic decisions

Question :The operation objectives of quality, cost,

delivery and flexibility are:

• Unique
• Mutually exclusive
• Independent of each other
• Connected

Correct answer:D. Connected

Question :Supply Chain Strategy focuses, in part, on:

• Purchasing and logistics
• Customers

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• Information Flow
• All of the above

Correct answer:D. All of the Above

Question :A decision is made that suppliers will be

chosen based on quality rather than cost. This is an example of which of the following?

• Mission
• Distinctive Competence
• Strategic decision
• Objective

Correct answer:C. Strategic decision

Question :The market-pull view of new product

innovation is to:

• Develop products that the company can sell, based on

customer needs

• "Pull" the products into the market as fast as possible.
• Make new products appealing through innovative

packaging