Operations Management
Wochenfragen FS 18
Wochenfragen FS 18
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| Flashcards | 144 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | Micro-Economics |
| Level | University |
| Created / Updated | 07.06.2018 / 23.01.2020 |
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Understanding how production and product costs are calculated helps Accountants, but not Plant managers in taking the right decisions about production? W10
Allocating Indirect production costs to products is difficult and requires assumptions, because production costs are too variable ? W10
The Bill of Material is necessary to calculate product costs ? W10
Because fix costs are fix, there is no possibility to reduce them with improvement projects? W10
Product costs are calculated by Accountants based on historical values and do not reflect the actual situation; therefore Sales must know the market prices of their products, and can forget the data from Cost Accounting ? W10
An «eco» design of products and procesesses enables? W13
- To produce products with the appropriate materials for an easy recycling
- Semoetimes even to increase profitability (lowering the cost of materials or of the own production processes)
- To produce products that have low environmental impact when in use at the customer
- To continuously improve products, considering their impact on the environment during their whole lifecycle
Ethics has little to do with the activity of an industrial company? W13
The outcome of the work of a Product Manager may have big impacts on Operations? W13
As responsible for R&D you will try to maximise the number of development projects running at a given time, because you know that not all of them will achieve their targets, once brought into the Factory. So if you have many concurrent projects, one at least will be successfull? W13
The biggest influence on the manufacturing costs is normally due to desicions taken in...? W13
R&D
If there are no special causes für deviation, the results of a process follow a gaussian or bell-curve distribution.? W13
Looking at a «control chart» one can see easily if..? W13
- A process is slowly drifting away from the desired working coditions
- Some samples fall outside the set tolerances
The results of a FMEA analysis help to...? W13
- Prevent the most likely failures with the biggest consequences, out of a product or process
- Get a priority for actions aimed at risk reduction, in a product or process
A Risk Matrix is...? W13
A tool to help to anticipate and actively manage the key risks that the company may face in the future
SPC is a tool that helps to? W13
Ensure that produciton processes are stable and kept well within the defined tolerance levels
The PDCA cycle was not invented by Deming? W01
A process view applies to Production processes, but not to Offices activities? W01
«D» in the PDCA cycle is…. W01
To execute initial tests useful to validate the improvement ideas
Conformity is when a product or process resprects the customer Specifications, the Norms (if applicable) and official Regulations (if applicable)? W0
The traditional focus of Manufacturing was more on volume than on quality? W0
According to ISO9001 the Quality Management System (also called Management Systems Manual) is the reference manual for the Quality people, containing all procedures that they have to follow to perform their job. Other functions have their own specific functional manuals (like Sales has the Sales Management System)? W01
A sustainable future can be guaranteed if we also take care of…? W01
Environment and Society
The Quality revolution started in USA and Europe? W01
In the 80’s & After Japan
The orientation and “push” towards excellence was first and strongly stressed by? W01
EFQM & Baldrige
Moore’s Law tells that..? W01
The computing power of electronic devices developed exponentially
The SIPOC chart tool ensures that the described process runs efficiently? W01
It is better if the Quality function reports directly to the CEO, because? W01
The Quality Function should be independent from all other functions
To Check if the processes in a company are really done as defined in the company Management System Manual, an Auditor will ask to get? W01
- The description of the process
- Oral or written evidence that proves it
It is normal to have the external ISO9001 Auditors also advise the company on how to improve Processes and Quality, because they know well the company? W01
The video on Deming mentioned that the gearbox manufactured by Mazda (based on the same design as the Ford’s one) was? W01
Produced under stricter tolerances
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