Operations And Supply Chain Management 14 Edition By Jacobs – Test Bank

Operations And Supply Chain Management 14 Edition By Jacobs – Test Bank

Chapter 07
Manufacturing Processes

True / False Questions

1. Process selection refers to the strategic decision of choosing the volume of output to produce in a manufacturing facility depending upon the way that facility produces.

True False

2. Process selection refers to the strategic decision of selecting which kind of production processes to use to produce a product or provide a service.

True False

3. A continuous process indicates production of discrete parts moving from workstation to workstation at a controlled rate.

True False

4. One difference between an assembly line process flow and a continuous process flow is that on the assembly line the flow is discrete rather than continuous.

True False

5. One trade-off illustrated by the product-process matrix is between flexibility and cost.

True False

6. The volume requirements for the product are one determinant of the choice of which process structure to select.

True False

7. One methodology used to evaluate equipment investment decisions where the investment entails an initial investment, fixed costs, and variable costs is break-even analysis.

True False

8. Break-even analysis can only be used in production equipment decision making when dealing solely with fixed costs, not variable costs.

True False

9. A general-purpose machine is less capable than a special-purpose machine in certain tasks but can perform a broader variety of tasks.

True False

10. Break-even analysis can be used to help decide whether to perform a task with a special-purpose machine or with a general-purpose machine.

True False