Three Months Ago, the New Operations Manager at Acme Fastener

question 22

Multiple Choice

Three months ago, the new operations manager at Acme Fastener and Tool's manufacturing plant implemented a system for measuring the total volume of output each week. He discovered that the plant's weekly capacity was averaging about 83%, which he would like to raise to closer to 90%. What type of metric is this manager concerned with at the moment?

• A) Efficiency manufacturing
• B) Quality manufacturing
• C) Inventory
• D) Costs and profitability

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