Operations Management Lesson 4

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What is the primary focus of post-operations in service establishments?

  • Quality assurance and profit management
  • Obtaining customer feedback to improve customer service (correct)
  • Storing finished products
  • Distributing and delivering finished products to customers

What is the primary goal of operational control?

  • To regulate day-to-day outputs relative to schedule, costs, and specifications of products (correct)
  • To prioritize the customer
  • To simplify processes
  • To invest in new technology

Which strategy is most effective in addressing problems?

  • Invest in new technology
  • Simplify processes
  • Address problems at their source (correct)
  • Prioritize the customer

What is the primary focus of operational supervision?

<p>Managing the efficiency of employees (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one way to improve operational supervision?

<p>Investing in new technology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of customer service management?

<p>to provide a system of responding to customer complaints, concerns, questions, and comments (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of managing returned products efficiently while minimizing costs?

<p>Returns management (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of generating, filling, delivering, and providing service for customer's orders?

<p>Order fulfillment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of forecasting, planning, and managing the demand for products and services?

<p>Demand management (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of obtaining, implementing, and managing manufacturing flexibility in the supply chain?

<p>Manufacturing flow management (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the step-by-step activity needed to create a product or a service?

<p>Value chain (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of dispatching in operations management?

<p>Giving direction to an overall production plan (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of planning and controlling the use of resources in an organization?

<p>Operations management (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What phase of the enterprise delivery system involves planning and programming the production of products or services?

<p>Pre-operations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of the enterprise delivery system?

<p>To convert materials into finished products (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key activity involved in the pre-operations phase of the enterprise delivery system?

<p>Recruiting and hiring people (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key activity involved in the operations phase of the enterprise delivery system?

<p>Selecting, sourcing, and storing raw materials (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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