A plant that implements a total preventive maintenance program would be likely to:

When evaluating potential customer/supplier partnerships, the supplier should consider which of the following questions?
I. Is the customer creditworthy?
II. Does the customer practice lean/TQM?
III. Will the customer share cost savings?
IV. Is the customer active in preventive maintenance?

Analyzing capital investments by estimating future cash flows and translating them into equivalent amounts in today＇s term is called

Which of the following would not be considered an operational function with a distribution environment?

Valid reasons to carry safety stock for a manufactured item include which of the following situations?
I. Its replenishment time is long compared with the total end-product lead time;
II. There are frequent engineering changes in the end products when the part is used;
III. A lack of process control result is highly variable yields;

Planning of additional materials in excess of what is needed to satisfy gross requirements is also know as

When the number of a company＇s distribution centers serving a geographical area increase but the level of customer service remains the same, the result is generally

Which of the following is an appropriate use of the statement of cash flows for a company?

Which of the following tools are used to determine root causes of problems?
I. Pareto charts
II. Cause-and-effect diagrams
III. Brainstorming
IV. Run charts

Which of the following is the most important when implementing an information system to control shop floor operation?

Operations management is responsible for a product line where minimizing labor rates and maximizing operation efficiencies are very important. The product line will most likely be managing products with which of the following characteristics?