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SQC (Statistical Quality Control)is a popular technique for analyzing the tasks involved to complete a given project,estimating the time required to complete each task,and identifying the minimum time needed to complete the project.

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The 2008 recession greatly affected the state of manufacturing in the U.S. ,resulting in a slow down in production and the loss of jobs.

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Justin is a project manager for a large defense systems company.Each contract for sophisticated weaponry requires the cooperation of several firms.Each time Justin begins a new project,he reviews what it takes to successfully complete a project.Which of the following would not constitute one of his goals?

The PERT network provides a project manager with a plan that puts all the activities of a project in the correct order that they must be accomplished;shows which activities can be accomplished simultaneously,and,also gives the manager a good estimate of how long each activity will take to complete.

A small hospital in a suburb of a large metropolitan area wants to further develop its operations and services in order to compete with other hospitals in the region.In analyzing the criteria for making this happen,location is a primary concern.If it constructs additional floors,it could increase the quality of a few services in its present location,but city regulations would require more parking.As it looks for new property,which of the following criteria would not be an important consideration for this facility?

If a company achieves Six Sigma quality standards,they automatically win the Malcolm Baldrige award.

Many state and local governments offer tax incentives and government services to attract businesses.

When it comes to location decisions,labor costs are no longer an important consideration for most manufacturing firms.

Amalia is an operations manager at a medium sized service firm.Amalia is recommending that her firm use the Internet to make its services more readily available to its customers.Amalia's recommendation reflects a growing trend in service sector firms.

Facility layout is the function of operations management that considers the physical arrangement of resources (including people)in the production process.

Prior to the recession of 2008-2010,foreign investment bought steel plants in the U.S.and planned to run them at capacity.These and other manufacturing sites were keeping the growth in manufactured products at about 4% per year.

The purchasing function of operations management seldom uses the Internet to make purchasing decisions.

Intermittent production processes are characterized by short production runs and frequent changes of machinery in order to produce different products like customized furniture.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP)is simpler and less sophisticated than manufacturing resource planning (MRP).

Manufacturing companies are concerned with production management,while service companies are concerned with operations management.

CAD/CAM has made it possible to custom-design products to meet the tastes of small markets with very little increase in costs.

Mass customization is not exclusive to product intensive businesses.Service businesses have learned how to use mass customization to serve their customers.

The quality standard for service industries such as luxury hotels is meeting the customers' requests.

Today,rather than purchase goods and services from a large number of firms,manufacturers often try to develop a close relationship with one or two key suppliers.

A just-in-time inventory system usually reduces costs for: