Diploma exam
List of questions
- Discuss the relationship between work in progress (WIP), lead time (LT) and throughput (TH) from the production system (based on Little's law).
- Give and briefly characterize the 8 wastes (Muda) according to Lean Management.
- Give a definition of a production system and discuss examples of inputs to production systems.
- How can companies eliminate bottlenecks in production? Give examples/buffers.
- What maintenance concepts do you know? Discuss one of them.
- What types of methods are used to assess the profitability of an investment project? Give an example of such a method and tools and briefly describe them.
- Companies prepare what types of financial statements? Describe one of them, considering the purposes of preparation and its structure.
- What factors influence the propensity of enterprises to invest internationally?
- What are the top 3 types of financial risk that multinational companies are exposed to? Please list them and describe one of them.
- What is transactional risk in an enterprise operating internationally and how can enterprises hedge against it?
- List the main differences in quality management between TQM and ISO 9001.
- Proces approach in quality management.
- Integrated management systems – essence and principles.
- The process map structure of integrated management systems.
- The sustainable development on a company level.
- Explain the terms "identification" and "traceability".
- What is risk-based thinking in ISO 9001?
- List and characterize the types of quality costs.
- What is the context of organization and the needs and expectations of interested parties?
- List and characterize project management methodologies.
- Describe components of promotion -mix.
- Describe internationalization strategies of companies.
- Please explain the abbreviation CSR and describe the main assumptions of the concept.
- Please explain the term "innovation" and classify them.
- Please list the forms of entering the foreign market and discuss one of them.
- The essence and importance of quality management in a manufacturing company.
- Please discuss the international marketing environment - the areas the organization can control and those it cannot control.
- Based on the discussed case study "Strabucks - going global fast", please explain the concept of "a self-reference criterion".
- Please discuss the evolution of marketing from Marketing 1.0 to Marketing 5.0.
- Please explain the Marketing Process.
- Based on the case study "Marketing to the Bottom of the Pyramid" explain the importance of this market in the development of International Marketing.
- Explain what factors affect changes in exchange rates.
- Explain what is marketing mix.
- What are the methods of strategic analysis and the purposes of application?
- Explain what a business model is?
- How do modern Industry 4.0 tools affect the organization of the production process?
- Please discuss measures of the level of economic growth.
- Methods of diagnosing quality problems.
- The essence and importance of quality management in a production company.
- Give a definition of a production system and discuss examples of inputs to production systems.
- What maintenance concepts do you know? Discuss one of them.
- QFD method - characteristics.
- The concept and types of innovation.
- FMEA method - characteristics.
- Lean Canvas - characteristics.
- Critical path method (CPM) - characteristics.
- Give a definition and classification of industrial products.
- Please discuss the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- List the types of production and describe them shortly.
- List and briefly describe the main stages of designing a logistics system.
- What is a logistic system and its elements?
- Characterize the main sources and options for acquiring technology by enterprises.
- What does it mean to manage the logistic system?
- What is a quality management system?
- What are the principles of QMS?
- Explain the economic situation difference between domestic and international companies?
- Discuss the main factors affecting the level of innovation in the enterprise.
- List the differences between waterfall and agile methodologies in project management.
- Discuss the use of Business Intelligence.
- Present the evolution of integrated information systems.