Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Cost or price 
B)  Focus 
C)  Automation 
D)  Straddling 
E)  Activity-system mapping

Question 2

Various financial data for SunPath Manufacturing for 2019 and 2020 follow.  What is the percentage change in the labor partial productivity measure for SunPath between 2019 and 2020?

Accepted Answer

A)  −9.22 
B)  2.33 
C)  −0.53 
D)  2.88 
E)  10.39

Question 3

One of the competitive dimensions that forms the competitive position of a company when planning its strategies is delivery speed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

An order winner is a set of screening criteria that permits a firm's products to be considered as possible candidates for purchase.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Within a sustainability framework, the environmental dimension of the triple bottom line concept has to do with labor, the community, and the region in which a firm conducts its business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

There are two characteristics of a product or service that define quality: design quality and cost.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Sustainability means meeting a firm's current needs without excessively compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In a multifactor measure of productivity, the denominator of the ratio would include all resources used or all inputs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

If the material usage per unit of final product decreases to half of the current usage, then the firm will double the material productivity.increase the multifactor productivity.decrease capital productivity.have no effect on productivity.

Accepted Answer

A)  I 
B)  II 
C)  both I and II 
D)  III 
E)  IV

Question 10

Operations and supply strategy can be viewed as part of a planning process that coordinates operational goals with those of the larger organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Various financial data for SunPath Manufacturing for 2019 and 2020 follow.  What is the percentage change in the energy partial productivity measure for SunPath between 2019 and 2020?

Accepted Answer

A)  −9.22% 
B)  2.33% 
C)  −0.53% 
D)  2.88% 
E)  22.2%

Question 12

Activity-system maps depict the geographic reach of a company's business strategies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  partial measure 
B)  multifactor measure 
C)  total measure 
D)  global measure 
E)  All of these choices are correct

Question 14

An activity-system map is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  A network guide to route airlines 
B)  A listing of activities that make up a project 
C)  A diagram that shows how a company's strategy is delivered to customers 
D)  A facility layout schematic noting what is done where 
E)  A timeline displaying major planned events

Question 15

Various financial data for SunPath Manufacturing for 2019 and 2020 follow.  What is the percentage change in the multifactor labor and raw materials productivity measure for SunPath between 2019 and 2020?

Accepted Answer

A)  −9.22 
B)  2.33 
C)  −0.53 
D)  −2.88 
E)  10.39

Question 16

Activity-system maps are useful in understanding how well a system of activities fits the overall company's strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Strategy

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

Various financial data for SunPath Manufacturing for 2019 and 2020 follow. What is the percentage change in the labor partial productivity measure for SunPath between 2019 and 2020?

One of the competitive dimensions that forms the competitive position of a company when planning its strategies is delivery speed.

An order winner is a set of screening criteria that permits a firm's products to be considered as possible candidates for purchase.

Within a sustainability framework, the environmental dimension of the triple bottom line concept has to do with labor, the community, and the region in which a firm conducts its business.

There are two characteristics of a product or service that define quality: design quality and cost.

Sustainability means meeting a firm's current needs without excessively compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

In a multifactor measure of productivity, the denominator of the ratio would include all resources used or all inputs.

If the material usage per unit of final product decreases to half of the current usage, then the firm will double the material productivity.increase the multifactor productivity.decrease capital productivity.have no effect on productivity.

Operations and supply strategy can be viewed as part of a planning process that coordinates operational goals with those of the larger organization.

Various financial data for SunPath Manufacturing for 2019 and 2020 follow. What is the percentage change in the energy partial productivity measure for SunPath between 2019 and 2020?

Activity-system maps depict the geographic reach of a company's business strategies.

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?

An activity-system map is which of the following?

Various financial data for SunPath Manufacturing for 2019 and 2020 follow. What is the percentage change in the multifactor labor and raw materials productivity measure for SunPath between 2019 and 2020?

Activity-system maps are useful in understanding how well a system of activities fits the overall company's strategy.