A MTO company produces 15 product families of small appliances, and fulfills orders from both stock and production. Each product family has a large number of configuration to accommodate multiple uses, features and options. In this environment, the most difficult to plan is

A company is gathering data as to why the machine is consistently shutting down. What methodology should a company pursue first?

Important and measurable characteristics of a product or process whose performance targets are set by the customer is:

When attempting to understand whether there is a relationship between two variables, which quality control tool should be used?

During the define phase of a six sigma project, which of the following activities takes place?

Manufactured parts are being assembled on a production line at a constant rate when a faulty component in identified. An assembly worker pushes the line stop button and work ceases while the defect is reviewed. This action is an example of:

Managing the constraint in an operation will improve which of the following metrics?

A production manager uses a hoshin plan to communicate:

After some investigation, a packaging company determined that all of its defective containers were being delivered by one of their third-party trucking companies. What quality tool would have been used to find this information?

Structured problem solving providers what essential result to an organization?

Which of the following concepts is a reason to create a visual factory?