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Which process strategy involves organizing facilities around specific activities or processes?
Which process strategy involves organizing facilities around specific activities or processes?
- Mass customization
- Repetitive focus
- Process focus (correct)
- Product focus
What is the objective of process strategy?
What is the objective of process strategy?
- To focus on long, continuous production runs
- To maximize equipment utilization and minimize variable costs
- To create a process to produce offerings that meet customer requirements within cost and other managerial constraints (correct)
- To organize facilities by product
What is a characteristic of repetitive focus strategy?
What is a characteristic of repetitive focus strategy?
- High variable costs and low equipment utilization
- Organizing facilities by product
- High degree of product flexibility
- High volume but low variety of products (correct)
What is a characteristic of product focus strategy?
What is a characteristic of product focus strategy?
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What is a challenge associated with process focus strategy?
What is a challenge associated with process focus strategy?
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Process Strategy
- Process strategy involves organizing facilities around specific activities or processes.
Objectives
- The objective of process strategy is to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
Focus Strategies
- Repetitive focus strategy is characterized by a high volume of production of a single product or a limited range of products.
Focus Strategies
- Product focus strategy is characterized by a focus on producing a wide range of products, often with a high degree of customization.
Challenges
- A challenge associated with process focus strategy is the potential for workers to become bored or demotivated due to the repetitive nature of the tasks.
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