Question 1

Incentives such as two-for-one promotions or charging less for off-peak use of production or service facilities is an example of ________.

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Question 2

A(n)________ strategy involves keeping the workforce constant and varying utilization.

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Question 3

________ is the amount of time by which a job missed its due date.

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Question 4

________ specify the job processing sequence when several jobs are waiting in line at a workstation.

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Question 5

A hospital must have a skeleton crew on hand during the undesirable work period from midnight to 8 o'clock.One way to make sure that all employees have the opportunity to work this shift is by adopting a(n)________.

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Question 6

________ takes advantage of the tangible nature of manufactured goods to absorb uneven rates of supply and demand.

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Question 7

A(n)________ graphically displays the current status of each job or activity relative to its scheduled completion date.

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Question 8

A(n)________ schedule calls for each employee to work the same days and hours each week.

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Question 9

________ is the process of varying pricing at the right time for different customer segments to maximize revenue generated from existing supply capacity.

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Question 10

A(n)________ strategy involves hiring and laying off employees to match the demand forecast over the planning horizon.

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Question 11

A(n)________ graphically displays the load on a productive resource of interest,i.e. ,when it is busy and when it is idle.

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Question 12

________ is a priority sequencing rule that sequences jobs on the basis of their due dates.

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Question 13

________ is the situation that occurs when employees work longer than the regular workday or workweek.

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Question 14

________ scheduling assigns jobs to machines or workers to jobs.

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Question 15

________ takes the operations and scheduling process from planning to execution.

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Question 16

________ a set of jobs means that you are deciding the order they should be done.

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Question 17

________ is the amount of time a job spends in the service or manufacturing system.

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Question 18

________ is the situation that occurs when employees do not have enough work for the regular workday or workweek.

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