Assessing employees’ performance levels to make objective personnel decisions is accomplished by

The process of managing inventories to minimize both holding costs and potential stock-out costs is called inventory control.

When manufacturing a product like a computer or an automobile, planning takes place both before anything is produced and during the production process.

The amount of products or services an organization can produce in a given time is known as

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) provide considerable employee incentive and increase employee involvement.

CAD stands for “computer-assisted development programs.”

Nathan discovers that his mortgage company’s employees are working very slowly because they are afraid that, if they finish the loans they are currently processing, they will run out of work and lose their jobs. Nathan’s employees are

The type of utility on which production and operations management focuses is ____ utility.

Job analysis provides a job description and a job specification for a particular position.

Self-managed teams take over most management functions.