A company that recently initiated a sales and operations planning process is experiencing inadequate participation. Which of the following factors most likely is the reason for this?

When the technical specifications for a new system are being developed which two of the following requirements must be in place?
1. Well-specified business objectives;
2. Continuous education and training;
3. Total employee involvement programs;
4. Cross-functional team of stakeholders;

Corporate culture is best defined by which two of the following statements:
1. Management influences the way people operate;
2. Values are about what is important;
3. Important assumptions are shared by members;
4. Values impact little about how a company works;

Supplier linkages are especially important when a firm is:
1. Competing on delivery speed;
2. Using synchronous scheduling;
3. Producing a commodity product;
4. Operating in position 1 of the volume/variety matrix;

Resource requirements planning

When a firm decides to switch a plant within a plant concept, which of the following changes are most likely to occur in the P&IM personnel?
1. More P&IM personnel will be added to the firm;
2. Purchasing personnel will reduce their span of control;
3. Shop floor personnel will have a wider span of control;

A product focused plant is likely to have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

Which of the following pairs of strategic advantages would be most difficult to achieve simultaneously?

All of the following is true of a product in the decline portion of the product life cycle EXCEPT

All of the following are considerations in the adoption of a process focus EXCEPT the

Which of the following best measures the production operation＇s contribution to delivery reliability?