Mastering Managerial Decisions and Process Configuration
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Which of the following factors are implicitly combined in the process structure?

  • Capacity utilization, project, and variability
  • Inventory, batch, and line
  • Capacity utilization, inventory, and variability (correct)
  • Continuous flow, variability, and capacity utilization
  • What are substitutes for each other in a process structure?

  • Higher capacity utilization, lower inventory, and more variability
  • Lower capacity utilization, greater inventory, and less variability (correct)
  • Lower capacity utilization, lower inventory, and more variability
  • Greater capacity utilization, lower inventory, and less variability
  • Which of the following has significant implications for planning and managing process capacity?

  • Capacity utilization
  • Managerial decisions about process configuration (correct)
  • Variability
  • Process structure
  • What are the three process factors implicitly combined in process structure?

    <p>Capacity utilization, inventory, and variability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between capacity utilization, inventory, and variability in process structure?

    <p>A change in any one factor has managerial implications for the other two</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT one of the process factors implicitly combined in process structure?

    <p>Efficiency</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the managerial implications of a change in any one process factor?

    <p>Implications for the other two factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a substitute for the other two in a process structure?

    <p>Higher variability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does process configuration decisions have significant implications for?

    <p>Process capacity</p> Signup and view all the answers

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