Operations Research or Qualitative Approach MCQ Questions and Solutions with Explanations | Management

A. Sales forecasts, sales strategies and marketing campaigns

B. Market demand, resource and capacity constraints, and real time scheduling

C. Forecasting, planning, purchasing, material management, warehousing, inventory and distribution

D. All of the above

A. Product characteristics

B. Economic analysis

C. Profit and competitiveness

D. All of the above

A. keeping operator idle time to minimum

B. keeping machine idel time at minimum

C. keeping machine ancillary time at minimum

D. all of the above

A. Internal

B. Functional

C. Generic

D. Competitve

A. do not affect other capacity decisions

B. are intermediate range capacity decisions

C. are not affected by other existing capacities

D. none of the above

A. Change good

B. Change slow

C. Process change

D. Process slow

A. ERP is a logical solution to the mess of incompatible applications

B. ERP addresses the need for global information sharing and reporting

C. ERP is used to avoid the pain and expense of fixing legacy systems

D. All of the above

A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4

B. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1

C. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2

D. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4

A. Reduction in the cycle time

B. Analysing and minimising the standard deviation in output

C. Improving the quality of product

D. Defining the layout of production facilty

A. two rows (sources) would be added to the existing rows and the enlarged problem would be solved

B. costs of zero would be used for each of the new facility

C. two separate transportation problems will be solved

D. the MODI method must be used to evaluate the empty cells