Unbalanced systems are evidenced by A. Top heavy operations B. Labor unrest C. Bottleneck operations D. Increasing capacities E. Assembly lines A location analysis has been narrowed down to two locations, Akron and Boston. The main factors in the decision will be the supply of raw materials, which has a weight of 50, transportation cost, which has a weight of 40, and labor costs, which has a weight of 10. The scores for raw materials, transportation, and labor are for Akron 60, 90, and 70, respectively: for Boston 70, 50, and 90, respectively. Given this information and a minimum acceptable composite score of 70, we can say that the manager should: A. be indifferences between these locations B. choose Akron C. choose D. reject both E. build a plant is both cities. In a product layout, the tank of deciding to assign work to specific is referred to as: A. process balancing B. tank allocation C. work allocation D. line balancing E. station balancing Costs of Inspectors, test equipment, and labs are examples of: A. internal failure costs. B. external failure costs. C. appraisal costs. D. prevention costs. E. replacement costs. The operations manager for SpringBreak Bus Company wants to decide whether she should purchase a small, medium, or large new bus for his company. She estimates that the annual profits (in exist000) will vary depending upon whether passenger demand is low, medium, or as follows: (i) If she uses the minimax regret criterion, which size bus will she decide to purchase?
