Which of the following outcomes are benefits of implementing group technology?
1. Reduced need for employee training;
2. Increased product variety;
3. Lower WIP inventories;
4. Reduced manufacturing lead time.

A synchronized production principle that determines the size of the production batch as compared to other quantities is that is equal to

Overhead is allocated based on direct labor at a company maintaining a stable workforce with varied production rates. Which of the following incidents most likely occurred when overhead is under absorbed in month 2 as compared to over absorbed in month 1?

Which of the following techniques encourage suppliers to adopt lean principles?

To detect when a work center output might vary from the plan, the planner should compare

The Kanban system is responsible not only for implementing the production schedule but also?

Which of the following cost systems rely on costs for a period for determining product cost?

The objective of performance measurements is to

A company operates in a pull environment with final assembly lines in synchronous mode. Subassemblies maintain buffers ranging from hours to days. A global production performance measurement is

A highly engineered product was introduced a few years ago, with standards defined, BOM and routing finalized and work centers set up to minimize material handling. Major improvements in cycle time have been made. The information that is most likely to need change is

Which of the following techniques relies on something other than brainstorming for problem identification?