Chapter 3: 1OQ(c) (page 345)
Question: Is there a benefit (or loss) from the current inspection process? How much?
Answer
The current inspection process is quite beneficial.
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Why might managers resist buying a more expensive piece of equipment that is known to have a lower TCO than a less expensive item?
In some JIT systems, marked spaces on a table or the floor identify where material should be stored. Supplying operations are signaled to produce more when the space is empty. What are these spaces called?
Question:Make recommendations for lean improvements in such areas as scheduling, layout, kanban, task groupings, and inventory. Use quantitative data as much as possible; state necessary assumptions.
The set of value-and non–value-adding activities required to design, order, and provide a product from concept to launch, order to delivery, and raw materials to customers.
What are the characteristics of efficient, responsive, risk-hedging, and agile supply chains? Can a supply chain be both efficient and responsive? Risk-hedging and agile? Why or why not?
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