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

Production orders are riskiest to dispatch without knowing

One method to increase machine utilization is to

Production becomes less synchronous the lower in a bill of material the part is due to

Which of the following bottleneck performance measures is as meaningful in a MTO environment with a functional layout as it is in a MTS with a flow layout?

A company with customer-specific configurations can minimize the impact of demand changes by achieving flexibility is

A company aware their processes are suboptimal cannot initiate improvement until

Which of the following statements about supplier rating system is true?

Getting the right goods or services to the right place at the right time and in the desired condition best defines

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.

Increasing yield of a product reduces