1) The important thing to know about production or operations is that the terms refer to any process that takes basic resources and transforms them into finished products.
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2) Three things you can do to transform your own work such that you become more efficient are to reduce procrastination, increase multitasking, and increase the use of checklists.
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3) Operations management works in exactly the same way for manufacturing and for services.
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4) Transformation processes add value to factors of production to produce goods or services.
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5) Form utility is the value that people add in converting resources, including natural resources, capital, human resources, entrepreneurship, and knowledge, into finished products.
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6) Old rubber tires are cut into small pieces and then strewn on the floor of an indoor riding arena to make a surface comfortable for horses to move on. This process is an example of synthetic transformation.
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7) Electricity generation is an example of an intermittent production process.
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8) The two ways of adding value in converting resources into finished products are to break down raw materials and to combine raw materials.
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9) A continuous process is a production process in which goods are manufactured by robots in short production runs.
TRUE OR FALSE
10) A major advantage of lean manufacturing is the ability of management to lay off workers during an economic slump without major effects on operations. TRUE OR FALSE