Increasing Throughput Contribution and Managing Bottlenecks Includes All of the Following

question 104

Multiple Choice

Increasing throughput contribution and managing bottlenecks includes all of the following EXCEPT

• A)workstations without large quantities of jobs to be worked on are ignored.
• B)recognize that a bottleneck determines throughput contribution of the entire process related to the bottleneck.
• C)a cost-benefit analysis of alternative actions to increase bottleneck efficiency.
• D)short-run time horizons.
• E)a cost-benefit analysis of alternative actions to increase bottleneck capacity.

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Definitions:

Classical Model

An economic theory that emphasizes the role of free markets in regulating economic activity and suggests that markets naturally move towards full employment.

Prices and Wages

The amount of money required to purchase goods and services, and the payments made to workers for their labor, respectively.

Long-Run Aggregate Supply Curve

This curve represents the total output of goods and services that an economy can produce when it is most efficiently using all of its resources, unaffected by short-term fluctuations in demand.

Vertical

A business strategy or integration whereby a company controls more than one stage of the supply chain, from production to retail.