Bill Designs and Maintains the Inventory Management Software That His

question 67

Multiple Choice

Bill designs and maintains the inventory management software that his coworker John uses when customers call the company to place an order for merchandise.Bill is John's ____________.

• A)internal customer
• B)external customer
• C)internal supplier
• D)external supplier

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Definitions:

FCFS Dispatching Rule

First-Come, First-Served dispatching rule; a method of process queuing in which tasks are tackled in the order of their arrival.

Services

Intangible products such as maintenance, repair, advice, or entertainment that are consumed at the point of delivery.

Shortest Processing Time

A rule used in scheduling to prioritize tasks based on the least amount of time required to complete each task, aiming to reduce job completion time and minimize work-in-process inventory.

Average Flow Time

The average time that it takes for a unit to pass through a particular process or system from start to finish.