If a company implements the time-phased order point (TPOP) technique, rather than the order point technique, which of the following benefits likely will be achieved?
1. Assistance in maintaining true dates of need for open order.
2. Availability of future planned orders for input to capacity planning;
3. Planning of components and capacity for future lumpy demand;
4. Using historical date to determine the optimum time to reorder;

A company has successfully completed improvement projects in several business units. Which of the following breakthroughs would be achieved when the improvements are embedded into the entire organization?

Which of the following factors should have the greatest influence on an operation choice of new equipment?

A manufacturer is experiencing expensively long setup times and first-piece inspection. Which of the following areas should be examined first?

A manufacturing facility is considering adopting cellular flow. Which of the following factors is most important to consider?

Which of the following approaches provides the reliability necessary to support a tightly integrated manufacturing operation?

When designing a cell, a company should consider which of the following factors when determining the quantity needed for installation of a specific machine type?

Based on the theory of constraints (TOC) scheduling approach, smaller lots created as a result of splitting order quantities are considered to be:

Management most likely would use which of the following tools to improve communication and feedback on daily progress to its employees?

A factory in at capacity in a period of stable demand. Which of the following action would be best to maintain the competitive advantage when product variety in expected to increase?

Which of the following components are associated with inventory functions?