If it is assumed that final products and lower level assemblies are made to order and to stock, which of the following FAS practices should be adopted?

QFD is an example of

The purpose of using flow path lines on a process flow chart is

Having suppliers that are certified via ISO9000 or some other quality standard means

Which of the following quality performance measures is most important to be reported from production?

To focus on customer needs, a company should implement

Certification of supplier enables a company to take advantage of what kind of stocking location?

A direct handoff from one operation to the next such as a customer and supplier located in the same facility will

A company has a number of products that are similar, but are subject to unstable demand patterns. The company desire to implement a program to reduce inventory investment while providing a maximum 3-day customer order turnaround. Which of the following manufacturing environment is most applicable to meet that goal?

Variations in product design, process requirements, or order quantities, require which of the following manufacturing processes?

All of the following are considerations in the adoption of a process focus EXCEPT the