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which of the following are related to lean production?
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a philosophy of waste elimination
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in the textbook, Toyota's Fujio Cho identified which of the following types of waste to be eliminated?
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overproduction
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in the textbook, Toyota's Fujio Cho identified which of the following types of waste to be eliminated?
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product defects
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in the textbook, Toyota's Fujio Cho identified which of the following types of waste to be eliminated?
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motion
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which of the following address elimination of waste under lean production?
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quality at the source
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which of the following is an element that addresses elimination of waste under lean production?
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kanban production control system
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group technology (GT) is credited with which of the following benefits?
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reducing waiting time between process operations
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which of the following statements holds true for kanban production control systems?
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in a paperless control system, containers can be used instead of cards
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in setting up a kanban control system you need to determine the number of kanban card sets needed, if the expected demand during lead time is 25 per hour, the safety stock is 20% of the demand during lead time, the container size is 5, and the lead time to replenish an order is 5 hours, what is the number of kanban card sets needed?
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30
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in setting up a kanban control system you need to determine the number of kanban card sets needed, if the expected demand during lead time is 50 per hour, the safety stock is 20% of the demand during lead time, the container size is 4 and the lead time to replenish an order is 8 hours, what is the number of kanban card sets needed?
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120
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you have been called in as a consultant to set up a Kanban control system. the first thing to do is to determine the number of kanban card sets needed, you research shows that the expected demand during lead time for a particular component is 150 per hour. you estimate the safety stock should be set at 25% of the demand during lead time. the tote trays used as containers can hold 8 units of stock, and the lead time it takes to replenish an order is 2 hours. which of the following is the number of kanban card sets necessary to support this situation?
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47
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You have been called in as a consultant to set up a kanban control system. The first thing you do is to determine the number of kanban card sets needed. Your research shows that the expected demand during lead time for a particular component is 1,200 per hour. You estimate the safety stock should be set at 5 percent of the demand during lead time. The tote trays used as containers can hold 2 units of stock, and the lead time to replenish an order is 10 hours. Which of the following is the number of kanban card sets necessary to support this situation?
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6,300
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in designing a lean production facility layout, a designer should do which of the following?
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design for work flow balance
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when implementing a lean production system, a stabilized schedule is achieved using which of the following?
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level scheduling
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to implement lean production schedules, a firm would do which of the following?
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have excess capacity
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in implementing a lean production system, you should work with suppliers to do which of the following?
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reduce lead times
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in implementing a lean production system, you should work with suppliers to do which of the following
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make frequent deliveries
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to implement a flow process in developing a lean system a firm might do which of the following?
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reduce setup/changeover time
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to develop a lean manufacturing system a firm might do which of the following
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eliminate anything that does not add value for the customer
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imagine comparing a manufacturing operation using regular lot-sizing and the same operation with a kanban/lean production approach. what would be your expectations of the difference between the total cost (i.e., inventory holding costs + setup/ordering costs) of each?
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total costs will be lower for the kanban/lean production operation
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in a lean production system, we expect to see which of the following
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no extra inventory
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which of the following is a lean production technique that i snot reported in the textbook to have been successfully applied in service firms?
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frozen windows
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an activity where the parts that go into each unit of a product are periodically removed from inventory and accounted for based on the number of unites produces is called which of the following
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backflush
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which of the following is a lean production technique that has been successfully applied in service firms?
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leveling the facility load
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which of the following is not listed in the textbook as a component of a lean-supply chain?
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lean management