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Which of the following is an external product development strategy? a. joint ven

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Question

Which of the following is an external product development strategy?

a. joint ventures

b. enhancements to existing products

c. new internally developed products

d. migrations of existing products

Fill in the Blank - The following table gives the number of pints of type A blood used at OLV Hospital in the past 6 weeks.

                                 Week Of               Pints Used

                          August 31                     360

                          September 7                  370

                          September 14                408                    

                          September 21                383

                          September 28                366

                          October 5                      378

Using a 3-week weighted average, with weigths of 0.10, 0.30, and 0.60, using 0.60 for the most recent week and so on, the forecasted demand for the week of October 12 is ___________.

(round your response to a whole number – i.e. 502.856743 = 503)

A forecast that projects a company’s sales is

a technological forecast

an environmental forecast

an economic forecast

a demand forecast

What is the first step to build a house of quality?

Identify customer wants

Determine the ddesirable technical attributes

Relate customer wants to product hows

Identify how the good/service will satisfy customer wants

Which of the following is a quantitative forecasting method?

sales force composite

exponential smoothing

market survey

jury of executive opinion

An assembly chart is

an instruction to make a given quantity of a particular item

an exploded view of the product

a schematic showing how the product is assembled

a listing of the operations necessary to produce the component

a.

a technological forecast

b.

an environmental forecast

c.

an economic forecast

d.

a demand forecast

What is the first step to build a house of quality?

a.

Identify customer wants

b.

Determine the ddesirable technical attributes

c.

Relate customer wants to product hows

d.

Identify how the good/service will satisfy customer wants

Which of the following is a quantitative forecasting method?

a.

sales force composite

b.

exponential smoothing

c.

market survey

d.

jury of executive opinion

An assembly chart is

a.

an instruction to make a given quantity of a particular item

b.

an exploded view of the product

c.

a schematic showing how the product is assembled

d.

a listing of the operations necessary to produce the component

Explanation / Answer

Which of the following is an external product development strategy?

Ans: a) Joint Venture

Various external product development strategies include alliances, joint ventures, and purchase of technology or expertise. Joint venture is a process of merging two or more companies together and forming new entity to develop new products.

3-week Weighted moving Forecast:

Ans:

Forecast for October 12 = (0.60 x 378 + 0.30 x 366 + 0.10 x 383)/(0.6 +0.3 +0.1)

Forecast for October 12 = 374.9 units

A forecast that projects a company’s sales is

Ans: a demand Forecast

What is the first step to build a house of quality?

Ans: a Identify customer wants

It is important to identify wants, on the basis of wants product can be designed that will satisfy the wants.

Which of the following is a quantitative forecasting method?

Ans: b. Exponential smoothing

All other methods are qualitative methods of forecasting. In exponential smoothing forecasting method, pervious sales or demand are considered.

An assembly chart is

Ans: a schematic showing how the product is assembled

In assembly chart shows production and assembling points at which the component flow into subassemblies and ultimately into final product.

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