Exam 2: Productivity and Strategic Planning

In 1912,_____ developed sequenced assembly,which allows assembly to be a continuous flow shop process.

How can you register (or show) productivity improvements without actually achieving the growth through internal improvements.

Large,centralized organizations tend to exhibit greater flexibility and adaptability to change than new and small- and medium-sized firms.

If productivity is being measured in dollars or local currencies,exchange rate problems can distort the picture.

Capital productivity can be measured in two different ways.

_____ productivity compares the performance of competitive processes for which P/OM is accountable.

Adaptability is critical when product or design technology or style remains constant.

The number of bureaucratic systems is decreasing worldwide.

Bureaucracy is the opponent of operational change.

A highly productive manufacturer of buggy whips in 1926 would be no better off today than an inefficient or lackadaisical one.

For strategic planning it is vital that marketing determine how quality levels of the product line affect competitive status.

Product life is becoming longer.

Market research enables P/OM to determine the kinds of connections that link _____ in the customer's mind.

Decreasing quality to match lower prices is not a way to keep customers.

To make division of labor worthwhile,the volume of production must be sufficient.