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Making adjustments to eliminate the variance between planned and actual output is tied into intermediate range capacity planning.

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If the best operating level of a piece of equipment is at a rate of 400 units per hour and the actual output during an hour is 300 units,which of the following is the capacity cushion?

A) 25 percent
B) 100 units per hour
C) 75 percent
D) 125 percent
E) 133 percent

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If demand for product "A" were forecast at 1,000,000 units for the coming year and your factory has one machine capable of producing 75,000 units per month,how much of product "A" might you plan to acquire through outsourcing? _______________

A production facility develops virtuosity and works best when it focused on a widely varied set of production objectives.

Long-range capacity planning requires top management participation.

The capacity cushion is the ratio of capacity used to the best capacity level.

Compared with a service operation,a manufacturing operation's capacity is which of the following?

Which of the following is not a step used in determining production capacity requirements?

A chance node on a decision tree has four possible outcomes worth $10,000,$20,000,$30,000 and minus $100,000 respectively.The probabilities of these outcomes occurring are assessed as 10%,25%,50% and 15% correspondingly.What is the expected value of this chance node? _________________________

When evaluating capacity,managers need to consider both resource inputs and product outputs.

The smaller the capacity cushion the better.

The probability of each occurrence at a decision tree chance node is the reciprocal of the number of possibilities at the chance node.

Capacity can be defined as the ability to hold,receive,store,or accommodate.

The objective of strategic capacity planning is to determine the overall capacity level of capital intensive resources (including facilities,equipment,and overall labor force size)that best supports the company's long-range competitive strategy.

A capacity cushion is the amount of capacity less than expected demand.

In practice achieving a perfectly balanced plant is usually both impossible and undesirable.

A decision tree problem does not need probabilities or payoffs to generate a solution.

If demand for product "A" were forecast at 1,000,000 units for the coming year and your factory has one machine capable of producing 4,500 units per week,how many similar machines might you plan to acquire? ___________________

A piece of equipment with twice the capacity of another piece typically costs twice as much to purchase and to operate.

If the best operating level of a piece of equipment is at a rate of 400 units per hour and the actual output during an hour is 300 units,what is the capacity utilization rate? ____________________