Midterm Exam

Question 1

Operation Management

Answer 1

the set of activities that create
value in the form of goods and
services by transforming inputs
into outputs

Question 2

What do Operation Managers do?

Answer 2

Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Leading, Controlling

Question 3

Mission Statements

Answer 3

A mission statement is a brief declaration of a company’s purpose, goals, and values, explaining what it does, why it exists, and who it serves.

Question 4

Why do Companies Need Mission Statements?

Answer 4

Provides guidance and direction, unifies employees, and communicates companies purpose to stakeholders

Question 5

SWOT Analysis

Answer 5

Used to Analyze the Environment

Question 6

S in SWOT

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Strenght

Question 7

W in SWOT

Answer 7

Weakness

Question 8

O in SWOT

Answer 8

Opportunities

Question 9

T in SWOT

Answer 9

Threats

Question 10

What does a SWOT Analysis give you?

Answer 10

Strategy

Question 11

Supply Chain Management

Answer 11

The objective of supply chain management is to structure the supply chain to maximize its competitive advantage and benefits to the ultimate consumer

Question 12

Factor Rating Method

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Evaluates suppliers by rating them on various factors, applying weights to each factor, and calculating a total score for decision-making.

Question 13

Weighted Factor Method

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Focuses on assigning specific weights to criteria from the beginning, emphasizing certain factors more heavily in the evaluation process.

Question 14

Key Difference between Weighted Factor and Factor Rating

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Factor Rating applies weights after scoring, while Weighted Factor predefines weights before scoring based on the criteria’s importance.

Question 15

Human Resource Strategy

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The objective of a human resource strategy is to manage labor and design jobs so people are effectively and efficiently utilized

Question 16

Labor Standards

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the amount of time required to perform a job or part of a job

Question 17

Performance Rating

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Adjustment to the Average observed time to what a TRAINED worker could expect to accomplish working at a NORMAL pace.

Question 18

Normal Time

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Five eight-hour days

Question 19

Allowance Factors

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Extra time added to normal time to account for breaks, fatigue, or unavoidable delays.

Question 20

Standard Time

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The total time allowed to perform a task, including normal time plus allowances.

Question 21

Ethics

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Principles that govern conduct in decision-making, ensuring fairness, responsibility, and respect in business.

Question 22

Ergonomics

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study of the human interface with the environment and machines

Question 23

Job Enrichment

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Enhancing a job by adding more meaningful tasks, increasing autonomy, and providing more responsibility to improve job satisfaction.

Question 24

Job Enhancement

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Increasing the number of tasks a worker performs to make a job more diverse without changing the job’s complexity.

Question 25

Job Design

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The process of defining how a job’s tasks, responsibilities, and interactions are structured to optimize performance and satisfaction.

Question 26

Phases of Project Management

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Initiation Planning Execution Monitoring Controlling

Question 27

Critical Path Method (CPM)

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A project management tool used to determine the longest sequence of activities, which defines the minimum project duration.

Question 28

How to Identify Critical Path

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List activities, calculate durations, and find the longest path from start to finish without any slack time.

Question 29

Tasks

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Tasks are individual units of work;

Question 30

Activities

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Activities are tasks grouped under a project

Question 31

Activity Time

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Activity time is the time required to complete an activity.

Question 32

Project Completion

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Achieved when all tasks and activities are completed according to plan, within the critical path.

Question 33

Predecessor Relationships

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Defines the sequence of activities, where certain tasks must be completed before others can begin

Question 34

Forward Pass

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A calculation technique to find the earliest possible start (ES) and finish (EF) times for each project activity.

Question 35

Backward Pass

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A technique to calculate the latest possible start (LS) and finish (LF) times without delaying the project.

Question 36

Slack (Float)

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The amount of time an activity can be delayed without affecting the project’s completion date.

Question 37

Early Start (ES)

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Earliest an activity can begin.

Question 38

Early Finish (EF)

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Earliest an activity can finish, calculated as ES + duration.

Question 39

Late Start (LS),

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Latest an activity can start without delaying the project.

Question 40

Late Finish (LF)

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Latest an activity can finish without delaying the project.

Question 41

Crashing

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The process of reducing project duration by allocating additional resources to critical path activities.

Question 42

New Critical Paths

Answer 42

After crashing, new critical paths may emerge if previously non-critical activities now have zero slack due to reduced durations.

Question 43

Crash Costs

Answer 43

Additional costs to shorten project duration.

Question 44

Normal Costs

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The standard cost when activities are performed at normal time.