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A start-up is choosing a factory site and lining up raw material before any machine runs. It is at the stage of:Read the answer and worked solution →The plant is running and the manager now watches scrap rates, costs and the day's schedule. This stage is:Read the answer and worked solution →Long-term production planning covers a time frame of about:Read the answer and worked solution →Making many identical goods at once, as with the early Model-T, is:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A start-up is choosing a factory site and lining up raw material before any machine runs. It is at the stage of:

  1. Production audit
  2. Production planning
  3. Production control
  4. Production repair
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Correct answer: B. Production planning

1. This is the first decision managers face. 2. Site location and resources are settled here. 3. It is production planning. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business, Chapter 10, Achieving World-Class Operations Management._

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The plant is running and the manager now watches scrap rates, costs and the day's schedule. This stage is:

  1. Production control
  2. Production design
  3. Production launch
  4. Production audit
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Correct answer: A. Production control

1. Planning has already happened. 2. The factory is now running. 3. This is production control. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business, Chapter 10, Achieving World-Class Operations Management._

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Long-term production planning covers a time frame of about:

  1. Three to five hours
  2. Three to five years
  3. Three to five weeks
  4. Three to five days
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Correct answer: B. Three to five years

1. It settles which goods to produce and where. 2. Medium-term planning covers about two years. 3. Long-term planning runs three to five years. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business, Chapter 10, Achieving World-Class Operations Management._

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