Capacity Planning

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Capacity Planning Management
Question Bowl
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Question 1.1

• The objective of Strategic Capacity Planning is
  to provide an approach for determining the
  overall capacity level of which of the following?
• Facilities
• Equipment
• Labor force size
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Question 1.2

• To improve the Capacity Utilization Rate we can
  do which of the following?
• Reduce capacity used
• Increase capacity used
• Increase best operating level
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Question 1.3

• When we talk about Capacity Flexibility which of
  the following types of flexibility are included?
• Plants
• Processes
• Workers
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Question 1.4

• When adding capacity to existing operations which
  of the following are considerations that should
  be included in the planning effort?
• Maintaining system balance
• Frequency of additions
• External sources
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Question 1.5

• Which of the following is a term used to describe
  the difference between projected capacity
  requirements and the actual capacity
  requirements?
• Capacity cushion
• Capacity utilization
• Capacity utilization rate
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Question 1.6

• In determining capacity requirements we must do
  which of the following?
• Address the demands for individual product lines
• Address the demands for individual plants
• Allocate production throughout the plant network
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Question 1.7

• In a Decision Tree problem used to evaluate
  capacity alternatives we need which of the
  following as prerequisite information?
• Expect values of payoffs
• Payoff values
• A tree
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Question 2.1

• Sales and Operations Planning activities are
  usually conducted during which planning time
  horizon?
• Long-range
• Intermediate-range
• Short-range
• Really short-range
• None of the above

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Question 2.2

• Which of the following are Production Planning
  Strategies can involve trade-offs among the
  workforce size, work hours, inventory, and
  backlogs?
• Chase strategy
• Stable workforce-variable work hours
• Level strategy
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Question 2.3

• Which of the following are considered relevant
  costs in the Aggregate Production Plan?
• Costs associated with changes in the production
  rate
• Inventory holding costs
• Backordering costs
• Basic production costs
• All of the above

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Question 2.4

• Which of the following Aggregate Planning
  Techniques can be performed using simple
  spreadsheets?
• Cut-and-try
• Linear programming
• Transportation method
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Question 2.5

• Which of the following methods can be used to
  allocate the right type of capacity to the right
  type of customer at the right price and in time
  to maximize revenue?
• Cut-and-try
• Yield management
• Transportation method
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Question 2.6

• From an operational perspective Yield Management
  is most effective as a capacity technique, when
  which of the following happens?
• Demand can not be segmented by customer
• Variable costs are high
• Fixed costs are low
• Demand is highly variable
• All of the above