Which one of the following statements about production and operations management is most accurate? The scope of operations and productions management is very broad, ranging from the selection of an operating site to procuring equipment to developing products and delivering them to customers. The scope of operations and production management is limited to the systems and processes needed to turn raw materials into inventory. The science of production and operations management goes back thousands of years because the methods used to produce goods and services have remained essentially the same since the beginning of recorded history. Production operations focuses mainly on creating products and services, while operations management focuses primarily on raising the funds to pay for the equipment used in the production process