According to a free-market model competition among suppliers:
drives costs higher and quality lower
drives costs higher and quality higher
drives costs lower and quality lower
have no effect on cost and quality
drives costs lower and quality higher
Which of the following is not an example of a strategic content variable?
Quality costs
Time
Leadership
Planning
Generic strategies
Business cases, process mapping, voice of the customer, change management, and problem/objective statements are used in the ______ Six Sigma process.
defining
measuring
improving
analyzing
controlling
__________ is the process by which a leader influences a group to move toward the attainment of superordinate goals.
Leadership
Controlling
Organizing
Empowerment
Planning
External validation measures of quality programs such as the Baldrige criteria and ISO 9001:2000 are referred to as:
single-source measures
benchmarking measures
single-source filters
externally-directed filters
stretch validation measures
A term used to characterize the relationship between suppliers and customers when a high degree of linkages and interdependencies exist is __________.
customer partnering
supplier partnering
supplier/customer codependence
supplier linking
value partnering
There are two broad categories of quality costs, namely:
production costs and service costs
those costs due to quality inspection and those costs due to quality design
those costs due to poor quality and costs associated with improving quality
design costs and control costs
inspection costs and manufacturing costs
One of the difficulties in satisfying customer requirements is that in a dynamic environment, customer needs are:
constantly changing in manufacturing but remain fairly stable in services
constantly changing in services but remain fairly stable in manufacturing
relatively stable
not a priority for many firms
constantly changing
The major theoretical contribution of Kaoru Ishikawa was:
Pareto Analysis
the concept of benchmarking
his assertion that “quality is free”
his emphasis on total involvement of the operating employees in improving quality
his insight that organizational quality problems are largely the result of insufficient and ineffective planning for quality
__________ refers to the norms and beliefs that lead to decision-making patterns and actions in an organization.
Controlling
Organization
Leadership
Culture
Management
The model of reactive customer-driven quality shows:
a firm’s quality performance is increasing while customer’s expectations are also increasing
a firm’s quality performance is increasing while quality costs are also increasing
a firm’s quality performance is increasing while quality costs are decreasing
a firm’s quality performance is decreasing while customer’s expectations are also decreasing
a firm’s quality performance is increasing while customer’s expectations are decreasing
The supplier development program developed by a Chrysler/Ford/General Motors supplier .
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1. According to a free-market model competition among suppliers:
drives costs higher and quality lower
drives costs higher and quality higher
drives costs lower and quality lower
have no effect on cost and quality
drives costs lower and quality higher
Which of the following is not an example of a strategic content
variable?
Quality costs
Time
Leadership
Planning
Generic strategies
Business cases, process mapping, voice of the customer, change
management, and problem/objective statements are used in the
______ Six Sigma process.
defining
measuring
improving
analyzing
controlling
__________ is the process by which a leader influences a group
to move toward the attainment of superordinate goals.
Leadership
Controlling
Organizing
Empowerment
Planning
External validation measures of quality programs such as the
Baldrige criteria and ISO 9001:2000 are referred to as:
2. single-source measures
benchmarking measures
single-source filters
externally-directed filters
stretch validation measures
A term used to characterize the relationship between suppliers
and customers when a high degree of linkages and
interdependencies exist is __________.
customer partnering
supplier partnering
supplier/customer codependence
supplier linking
value partnering
There are two broad categories of quality costs, namely:
production costs and service costs
those costs due to quality inspection and those costs due to
quality design
those costs due to poor quality and costs associated with
improving quality
design costs and control costs
inspection costs and manufacturing costs
One of the difficulties in satisfying customer requirements is
that in a dynamic environment, customer needs are:
constantly changing in manufacturing but remain fairly stable in
services
constantly changing in services but remain fairly stable in
manufacturing
relatively stable
not a priority for many firms
constantly changing
The major theoretical contribution of Kaoru Ishikawa was:
3. Pareto Analysis
the concept of benchmarking
his assertion that “quality is free”
his emphasis on total involvement of the operating employees in
improving quality
his insight that organizational quality problems are largely the
result of insufficient and ineffective planning for quality
__________ refers to the norms and beliefs that lead to
decision-making patterns and actions in an organization.
Controlling
Organization
Leadership
Culture
Management
The model of reactive customer-driven quality shows:
a firm’s quality performance is increasing while customer’s
expectations are also increasing
a firm’s quality performance is increasing while quality costs
are also increasing
a firm’s quality performance is increasing while quality costs
are decreasing
a firm’s quality performance is decreasing while customer’s
expectations are also decreasing
a firm’s quality performance is increasing while customer’s
expectations are decreasing
The supplier development program developed by a
Chrysler/Ford/General Motors supplier requirement task force
was called:
ISO 11000
targets for excellence
Q1
QS 9000
4. championship supplying
Your author indicates that although statistical inspection is an
important approach to improving quality, it is inherently:
evil
wrong
reactive
difficult
philosophical
Some of the key aspects of __________ include attitudes toward
change; presence or absence of fear; degree of openness,
fairness, and trust; and employee behavior at all levels.
learning
organizing
decision-making
culture
control
__________ refers to the efficiency with which a product
achieves its intended purpose.
Reliability
Features
Performance
Serviceability
Conformance
Which Baldrige criterion focuses on how a firm assesses the
relative importance of product or service functions?
process management
leadership
customer and market focus
information and analysis
strategic planning
__________ refers to the propensity for a product to perform
5. consistently over its useful life.
Reliability
Serviceability
Perceived quality
Conformance
Durability
Which Baldrige criterion requires the applicant to outline what
his or her firm is doing in the area of corporate citizenship?
Process management
Leadership
Customer and market focus
Business results
Strategic planning
The adoption of aspects of a number of various approaches is
known as the:
functional silo problem
unfocused dilemma
contingency approach
Perot system
holistic approach
How many winners of the MBNQA can there be each year?
8
6
1
4
3
___________ is the capital that fuels outstanding quality
results.
Knowledge
People
Perseverance
6. Attitude
Quality
While Deming is best known for his emphasis on the
management of a system for improving quality, his thinking was
based on the use of __________ to continually improve.
computer science
statistics
econometrics
physics
psychology
_________ allows customers and customers to tie their systems
together to enhance planning, and purchasing, and coordination.
MRP
CPM
EDI
CRM
PERT
__________ represents a proactive approach to satisfying
customer needs that is based on gathering data about our
customers to learn their needs and preferences and then
providing products and services that satisfy customers.
Product-driven quality
Process-driven quality
Content-driven quality
Service-driven quality
Customer-driven quality
Strategic plan __________ answers the question of what is to be
contained in the strategic plan.
content
standardization
operation
method
7. process
Which of the following is the most traditional definition of
quality?
Features
Conformance
Reliability
Durability
Performance
__________ was widely accepted as the world’s preeminent
authority on quality management prior to his death on December
24, 1993 because of his influence on Japanese and American
industry.
Philip Crosby
Armand Feigenbaum
W. Edwards Deming
Genichi Taguchi
Kaoru Ishikawa
__________ goals are those goals that pertain to achieving a
higher end that benefits not just the individual, but the group.
· Empowerment-related
· Superordinate
· Deterministic
· Substantive
· Hierarchical
_________ refers to narrowing down the list of approved
suppliers for a single component to just one supplier.
· Separate sourcing
· Individual sourcing
· Single sourcing
· Discriminate sourcing
· Dual sourcing
At the center of the Quality System model is:
8. · continual improvement
· customer
· people
· research and development
· procedures
The auditing portion of a supplier development program is
referred to as a:
supplier checkup
supplier analysis
supplier assessment
supplier audit
supplier review
Which of the following is not one of the support activities in the
value chain?
· Marketing and sales
· Technology development
· Procurement
· Firm infrastructure
· Human resource management
Many companies perform lengthy inspections of their suppliers
that involve long-term visits and evaluations. Their programs
are often called:
· supplier certification programs
· supplier requirement programs
· supplier confirmation programs
· supplier compliance programs
Quality experts agree that quality can be assured only during
the:
· sales process
· marketing campaign
· production phase
9. · design phase
· installation and testing procedure
A tool used by many firms to differentiate and discriminate
among suppliers is called:
· supplier evaluation
· partner assessment
· provider appraisal
· provider assessment
· supplier appraisal
Which one of the following is an industry not eligible for the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award?
· Manufacturing firms
· Public sector organizations
· Healthcare firms
· Service sector firms
· Consulting firms
Which of the following is not one of the primary activities in
the value chain?
· outbound logistics
· operations
· service
· inbound logistics
· human resource management
The three spheres of quality are:
· quality planning and management, quality assurance, and
quality control
· quality benefits, quality risks, and quality management
· quality planning, quality execution, and quality control
· quality costs, quality benefits, and quality control
A firm’s understanding of the customers, their needs, and their
wants is referred to as: