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a bonus to encourage additional productivity in exCess l he Which type of standard uses standard"? A) Ideal B) Normal efficiency C) Easily attainable D) All of the above When central management specifies budget goals without consulting ne managers or production workers, the firm has a(n) A) Participative budget B) Zero-based budget C) Flexible budget D) Imposed budget In the pharmaceutical or food industries, quality control inspections would most likely be viewed as A) Non-value-added activities B) Business-value-added activities C) Value-added-activities D) Process-efficiency activities Which of the following is not one of the three objectives of a quality program? A) Product quality should be consistent to always meet the purchaser's need(s) B) A quality program should give management confidence that the quality is and will be at a constant level C) A quality program should give customers confidence that the intended quality will be achieved in products D) Product quality should always vary because customers change their wants and needs over time

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1. C) Easily Attainable

Under this standard current circumstances are measured and if it is set to lower than the expexted standard then it can be set to attainable standard to achieve the maximum level of productivity and that no resource is left unused. Ie - If a matchine is running 3000 hrs where it can easily run for 4000 hrs then the attainable standard is 4000 hrs in other words the another 1000 hrs usage is the additional productivity. This standard is useful for management to analyze their performance and true potential.

2. D) Imposed Budget

The above scenario implies to an Imposed budget. It is a budget that is developed by top management such as Chairman, Managing Directior, CEO and without any involvement of any mid level managers or participation of employees. Imposed budget requires high level strategic consideration into account hence these decisions are only taken by top level managements however this budgeting results in more pressure among the employee and co workers with tight deadline that sometimes reflects adverse impact on achieving organisational goals.

3. A) Non-Value Added Activity

The activities in a value stream are typically divided into two catagories “Value-added” and “Non-value added”, however there is also a third catagory that is Non-value added but necessary where the customer niether ask for and nor want to pay for but they are necessary to satisfy government regulations or quality parameters such as Qualty control inspection. As it is necessery to inspect any critical operation to minimize adding more money, labour and time in producing defective goods. Further adding inspection to the value stream flow improves effeciency on part of the production management to detect defective items and eliminate them or to rework and fix them the very next step.

4. D) Product quality should always vary because customers change their wants and need over time.

The above mentioned line is definitely not an objective of a quality program because no matter what a product must maintain its quality standard in market place and has no relation with customers need and demand supply chain.

In other words production / quantity may vary based on demand of the product to maintain economic equilibrium but no manufacturer / producer of goods has the right to produce inferior goods as The Consumer Rights Act makes it an implied term of the contract that goods be as described, fits for purpose and of satisfactory quality else he / she will be in breach of the contract.

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