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    Question.231 - Read the book chapter,?Sustainable Product Platforms: Using Nature's Rules to Design a Platform That Will Maximize Your Returns from Sustainability. Discuss how an organization can leverage its value cycle in terms of a sustainable product platform to develop a competitive advantage over those who do not use a sustainable product platform approach. In response to your peers, comment on their rationale on how a sustainable product platform can offer a competitive advantage over those who do not use a sustainable model. Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?

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    Question: Which of the following does the supply chain operations reference (SCOR) model NOT include?...
    Answer: All of these choices are included....
    Question: To reduce supply chain risk, a company should...
    Answer: buy the same critical item from two or more suppliers....
    Question: The "triple bottom line" of supply chain performance refers to...
    Answer: A) environmental, social, and financial performance....
    Question: Backward or upstream supply chain flows include...
    Answer: all of these choices....
    Question: Which of the following is included in the supply chain risk mitigation framework?...
    Answer: Postdisruption recovery...
    Question: The level of supply chain resilience is determined by the ability to...
    Answer: plan, detect, and act on disruptions....
    Question: Supply chain sustainability is accomplished primarily through...
    Answer: all of these choices....
    Question: A service guarantee...
    Answer: all of these choices....
    Question: Which of the following is a common potential benefit of outsourcing services?...
    Answer: Increased ability to focus on core competencies....
    Question: Service recovery refers to...
    Answer: the ability to quickly restore service following a service failure and provide compensation....
    Question: The ideal lot size for a lean system is...
    Answer: one....
    Question: The basic foundation of the Toyota production system and just-in-time manufacturing includes all of......
    Answer: longer product development times....
    Question: ________ is(are) the direct observation of work, conducted so that work practices can be improved....
    Answer: Gemba...
    Question: The ideal setup time for a lean system is...
    Answer: 0 minutes....
    Question: Lean thinking can be applied to...
    Answer: all of these choices....
    Question: A monthly production schedule calls for 20,000 units of product A, 10,000 units of product B, and 5,......
    Answer: 1,000 units of A; 500 B; 250 C....
    Question: The seven forms of waste include all of the following EXCEPT...
    Answer: bottleneck....
    Question: Which of the following is NOT generally an element of a lean system?...
    Answer: MRP push system...
    Question: Which of the following is true for takt time in a lean system?...
    Answer: Takt time is used to match supply and demand....
    Question: One of the main objectives of a lean system is...
    Answer: reduction of waste....
    Question: Reducing setup time is important because it...
    Answer: all of these choices....
    Question: The effect of a lean system on employees can best be described as...
    Answer: lean engages employees in problem-solving activities....
    Question: Process elements that might be changed when improving a process include...
    Answer: all of these choices....
    Question: A bottleneck is...
    Answer: all of these choices....
    Question: A service blueprint...
    Answer: has all of these features....
    Question: The capacity of a process is determined by...
    Answer: the bottleneck....
    Question: A bank has an average of 10 customers per hour arriving into the system, and it takes an average of......
    Answer: 5 customers...
    Question: What does a square or rectangle symbol indicate in a flowchart?...
    Answer: Operation...
    Question: A machine center can produce 175 units per day at 100% utilization. Demand is 75 units per day, and......
    Answer: 125 units....
    Question: If I denotes the average inventory in the system, T denotes the average throughput time, and R denot......
    Answer: R = I/T....
    Question: If a factory has 100,000 units of materials in the system and if the average flow rate of the system......
    Answer: 20 days....
    Question: Assembly lines have a number of characteristics. Which of the following is typically NOT a character......
    Answer: Use of general-purpose equipment....
    Question: Process efficiency is usually highest in which type of process?...
    Answer: Assembly line...
    Question: An important lesson from the product-process matrix is...
    Answer: give importance to aligning product choice decisions and process choice decisions....
    Question: The type of processing system that is used for highly standardized products such as oil and gasoline......
    Answer: continuous process....
    Question: Which of the following is among the factors that influence process selection?...
    Answer: All of these choices...
    Question: A company makes necklaces with attached letters. Department A manufactures the necklace chains and l......
    Answer: make-to-stock, assemble-to-order....
    Question: The type of processing system that is used for complex jobs with a unique or creative set of activit......
    Answer: project....
    Question: Mass customization is defined as...
    Answer: producing a large variety of products at approximately the same cost as mass production....
    Question: The throughput ratio (TR) is the ratio of the total processing time for the job divided by...
    Answer: total waiting time plus total processing time....
    Question: Make-to-stock (MTS) and make-to-order (MTO) choices each offer relative advantages and disadvantages......
    Answer: MTO typically allows for higher flexibility in product design offerings....
    Question: Primary reasons to hold inventory include all of the following EXCEPT...
    Answer: to decrease inventory turnover ratio....
    Question: A paint supplier that places orders for different colors of paint for delivery at the same time shou......
    Answer: P system....
    Question: Given that unit cost = $25, annual carrying charge = 10%, annual demand = 4,000 units, and ordering......
    Answer: 219 units....
    Question: A particular brand of soap has a lead time of three weeks to reorder, a weekly standard deviation of......
    Answer: 118.49 units....
    Question: A computerized inventory system checks inventory levels at the end of the week and produces suggeste......
    Answer: A periodic review system...
    Question: ABC analysis requires that inventory be classified according to...
    Answer: annual dollar usage....
    Question: Of the cost elements making up total inventory cost, which is the most difficult to estimate?...
    Answer: Stockout costs...
    Question: Which cost is NOT part of inventory ordering costs?...
    Answer: Obsolescence costs...
    Question: In the basic EOQ model, if annual demand and carrying costs double, the EOQ...
    Answer: remains the same....
    Question: Traditional ABC classification means that inventory...
    Answer: is classified according to demand times cost (demand * cost)....
    Question: Demand for an item is 10 units per week, and delivery lead time is 3 weeks. The safety stock is know......
    Answer: 41...
    Question: Service levels are...
    Answer: all of these choices....
    Question: In MRP "scheduled receipts" are...
    Answer: open orders not delivered yet....
    Question: Using a lot-for-lot ordering strategy for the following item, what is the net requirements amount in......
    Answer: 5 units...
    Question: ________ systems use a requirements order philosophy, while ________ systems use a replenishment ord......
    Answer: MRP, order-point...
    Question: The parts explosion results in the following outputs:...
    Answer: purchase orders and shop orders....
    Question: Using a lot-for-lot ordering strategy for the following item, what is the planned order release amou......
    Answer: 15 units...
    Question: The master production schedule (MPS) for two products, A and B, is shown below. To manufacture item......
    Answer: 38 units...
    Question: Successful MRP implementation requires...
    Answer: management support, accurate data, and adequate computer support....
    Question: Integration with which of the following functions is required for an effective ERP system?...
    Answer: All of these choices...
    Question: The master production schedule for Product A shows a need for 30 units, and Product B shows a need o......
    Answer: 190...
    Question: Decisions made in operations affect other functions as below except -...
    Answer: Operations decisions directly affect government’s macro-economic policy...
    Question: The process view provides a basis for viewing an entire business as a system of interconnected proce......
    Answer: True...
    Question: The three primary functions that exist in most business organizations are...
    Answer: operations, finance, and marketing....
    Question: The primary role of operations and supply chain management is to...
    Answer: increase the productivity of the firm....
    Question: The transformation view of the operations function provides a unified approach for studying the manu......
    Answer: True...
    Question: Simultaneous Engineering or Concurrent Engineering refers to all below...
    Answer: All of the above...
    Question: Which of the following is NOT true regarding service and manufacturing operations?...
    Answer: both employ roughly 50% of the US workforce...
    Question: Marketing function has a great deal of interface with the operations function except...
    Answer: Marketing’s product branding advertising is directly related to operation’s inventory decisions...
    Question: Finance and Accounting function has a great deal of interface with the operations function except...
    Answer: Finance can directly determine initial public offering (IPO) decisions based on operations considerations...
    Question: Cross-functional teams in product and process development/design requires all except...
    Answer: Research and Development teams are separated from all other functions...
    Question: Why is operations management a more encompassing term than production management?...
    Answer: Operations management refers to service as well as manufacturing organizations....
    Question: 3.3 Written Assignment: Regulatory Requirements -Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) – I......
    Answer: Introduction Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) are both essential parts of repair, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) organizations that make su......
    Question: Your Experiences with Operations Strategy First, think about your past and current experiences with......
    Answer: Experiences with Operation StrategyAs an African American employee in a successful business organization, I have seen how important it is to implement......
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    Answer: AbstractThe research paper has aimed to find whether optimizing aircraft maintenance operations at Delta Air Lines leads to improved efficiency and re......
    Question: You will summarize your interview, responses, analysis, and recommendations in a PowerPoint presenta......
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    Question: Based on your readings and resource review, you should be able to define the three strategic approac......
    Answer: IntroductionCompetitive advantage is any aspect that gives an edge to a company over its competitors in the industry. Competitive advantage is attaine......
    Question: Identify an online sales company and explain how the concepts of complexity and divergence apply. Pr......
    Answer: Let's consider the online sales company Amazon as an example and examine how the concepts of complexity and divergence apply to its business. 1. C......
    Question: Data Analysis and Interpretation...
    Answer: Participants' Demographic StatisticsThe researcher employed purposive sampling, selecting fifty college-age adolescents with various backgrounds and d......
    Question: The physicians at Aubreyville Regional Hospital were growing increasingly frustrated with the lack o......
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    Question: Read the article that discusses statistical process control for service processes. Discuss how the m......
    Answer: Multiple control charts is a very important tool in statistical process control. Multiple control charts has to control the product or the process at......
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    Answer: INTRODUCTIONSix Sigma is a tool that is used in all types of industries. The tools for each business are universal. Six Sigma, over the last 25 years......
    Question: Perform PEST and SWOT analyses for a potential Six Sigma project at your workplace. Summarize the pr......
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    Question: Read the article that discusses how Six Sigma was applied to improve a hospital discharge process. D......
    Answer: Hospital discharge process: This is the time when patients are discharged from the hospitals. Either they are to be taken back home or to an after car......
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    Answer: Measure appears to be second in position in case of a teams work. In case of measure quantity holds an important position rather than quality.The aim......
    Question: Identify the customers of a process at your workplace. Then, identify their requirements from that p......
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    Answer: The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) is a model that has helped in addressing the academic needs of people interested in learning Eng......
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    Question: Read this article about Lean Six Sigma for the twenty-first century. Review the “What needs to chang......
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    Question: Read the case study about using the DMADV approach for designing new housing at the University of Mi......
    Answer: IntroductionThe DMADV approach is an effective tool to create and develop new product, services or modify existing products to make them meet client e......
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    Question: Read the article that presents the application of Six Sigma in research and development firms. Summa......
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    Question: Investigate on the internet the method of kaizen (Japanese for “continuous improvement”) and the too......
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    Answer: The cause and effect diagram provides an effective tool for planning solutions for a problem. It is more effective as planning tool as compared to pro......
    Question: Blog: Practicing Six Sigma Quality Management Read this case study about CSX’s DMAIC approach to red......
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    Question: Read the article about combining Six Sigma and knowledge management in hospitals. The authors hypoth......
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