Exam 2: Strategy and Sustainability

The total output from a production system in one day is 900 units and the total labor necessary to produce the 900 units is 900 hours. Using the appropriate productivity measure, what is the resulting productivity ratio?

Decisions that relate to the design of the processes and the infrastructure needed to support these processes relate to which OSCM concept?

Productivity is a relative measure.

Infrastructure decisions within operations strategy include the selection of the appropriate technology, the role of inventory, and the location of facilities.

An operations strategy must resist change because of the long term nature of equipment and personnel investments.

A major competitive dimension that forms a company's strategic operational competitive position in their strategic planning is which of the following?

If all you knew about a production system was that total daily output was 400 units and the total labor necessary to produce the 400 units was 350 hours, what kind of productivity measure could you use to compute productivity? A. Partial measure B. Multifactor measure C. Total measure D. Global measure

An operations and supply chain strategy must be integrated with the organization's corporate strategy.

An order qualifier is a screening criterion that permits a firm's products to even be considered as possible candidates for purchase.