ITPEC FE Morning October 2020 Question 75
In a company, which of the following is the main role of the manufacturing department?
Explanation
Producing products and services — the manufacturing department turns materials, labour and equipment into the goods the company sells.
A company divides its work among functional departments. Manufacturing (production) plans output, runs the production lines and controls quality, cost and delivery of what is made. The other options are the core roles of other functional departments.
Answer (c)
Why not others:
- •(a) — recruiting, developing and retaining staff and keeping employee records is the human resources department
- •(b) — managing financial assets and keeping financial records is the finance and accounting department
- •(d) — selling products and services to customers is the sales department
Key rule: In a functional organisation each department is named after its function: HR manages people, finance manages money, manufacturing makes the product, sales sells it.
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