System Thinking Midterm

1\. The concept in system thinking that can understand the way things influence each other in a system. - **CAUSE-AND-EFFECT** 2\. He said that \"A system is a set of two or more elements\". -**RUSSELL ACKOFF** 3\. It is a perspective of seeing and understanding systems as wholes rather than as co...

1\. The concept in system thinking that can understand the way things influence each other in a system. - **CAUSE-AND-EFFECT** 2\. He said that \"A system is a set of two or more elements\". -**RUSSELL ACKOFF** 3\. It is a perspective of seeing and understanding systems as wholes rather than as collections of parts. - **SYSTEMS THINKING** 4\. He said that \"A system is a way of looking at the world\". - **GERALD WEINBERG** 5\. This is how one thing results in another thing in a dynamic and constantly evolving system. - **CAUSALITY** 6\. According to him, \"Systems Thinking is a way of seeing and talking about reality that helps us better understand and work with systems to influence the quality of our lives\". - **DANIEL H. KIM** 7\. It sees the world as an interconnected set of circular relationships. - **FEEDBACK LOOP** 8\. According to him, \" A whole is a web of interconnections that creates emerging patterns\". - **PETER SENGE** 9\. It sees the world as a series of unidirectional cause-and-effect relationships. - **LINEAR VIEW** 10\. It is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something. - **SYSTEM** 11\. It is the transmission and return of information. - **FEEDBACK** 12\. If you add or remove something on it without affecting its functioning, it is still just a? - **COLLECTION** 13\. It is often the most crucial determinant of the system\'s behavior. - **FUNCTION** 14\. All parts must be present for a system to carry out its \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ optimally. - **SYSTEMS PURPOSE** 15\. It operates through the flow of information. -**INTERCONNECTIONS** 16\. These are the occurrences we encounter on a day-to-day basis. - **EVENTS** 17\. These are often the easiest parts to notice, because many of them are visible, tangible things. - **ELEMENTS** 18\. These are the accumulated \"memories\" of events. - **PATTERNS** 19\. These are the beliefs and assumptions we hold about how the world works. - **MENTAL MODELS** 20\. These are the ways in which the parts of a system are organized. - **STRUCTURES** **A = element** **B= interconnection** **C = function** 21\. players - **ELEMENT** 22\. rules of the game - **INTERCONNECTION** 23\. to win games - **FUNCTION** 24\. have fun -- **FUNCTION** 25\. the coach\'s strategy - **INTERCONNECTION** 26\. coach - **ELEMENT** 27\. field - **ELEMENT** 28\. get exercise - **FUNCTION** 29\. the players\' communications - **INTERCONNECTION** 30\. ball -- **ELEMENT** QUIZ \#3 1\. It includes a smooth flow of an item from the producer to the consumer. -- **MATERIAL FLOW** 2\. It comprises the request for quotation, purchase order, monthly schedules, engineering change requests, quality complaints and reports on supplier performance from customer side to the supplier. -- **INFORMATION FLOW** 3\. It is observed from the producer side to the clients in the form of debit notes. -- **MONEY FLOW** 4\. It is responsible for obtaining the materials, parts, and supplies and services needed to produce a product or provide a service. -- **PURCHASING** 5\. It can be defined as the management that invites the merger of challenges and opportunities for inbound logistics. -- **RETURNS MANAGEMENT** 6\. It comprises selling spare parts, installing upgrades, performing inspection, maintenance and repairs, offering training & education and consulting. - **POST-SALES MANAGEMENT** 7\. In this phase, decision is taken by the management mostly. -- **SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT** 8\. It should be done according to the demand and supply view. -- **SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING** 9\. It involves the swapping of business documents in a standard format from computer-to-computer. -- **ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE** 10\. Tracking the moving items like elements in PC assembly operations and automobiles in assembly plants. -- **BARCODE SCANNING** 11\. It is a centralized database that is prolonged independently from the production system database of a company. -- **DATA WAREHOUSE** 12\. They grab the data and minimize the manual activities and tasks related to processing financial, inventory, and customer order information. -- **ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING** 13\. Determining the right quality of finished goods to be sent to each distribution center or warehouse in order to meet customer demand. -- **DISTRIBUTION RESOURCE PLANNING** 14\. It supervises the flow of goods from manufacturers to warehouses and from these facilities to point of sale. -- **INVENTORY MANAGEMENT** 15\. The movement of materials within a facility. -- **LOGISTICS** 16\. Backward flow of goods returned to supply chain. -- **REVERSE LOGISTICS** 17\. The use of electronic technology to facilitate business transactions. -- **E-BUSINESS** 18\. It involves the broad range of tools and techniques used to conduct business in a paperless environment. -- **E-COMMERCE** 19\. The objective behind this decisional phase is minimizing uncertainty and performance optimization. -- **SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS** 20\. It can be defined as an approach to judge the performance of supply chain system. -- **PERFORMANCE MEASURE**