Which of the following typically is an advantage of implementing a multidomestic/multicountry rather than a global strategy?

Which of the following statements are true regarding infinite loading?
1. The technique is valid although the name is misleading;
2. The technique is now known as capacity requirements planning;
3. It is also know as operations scheduling;

Which of the following best describes the forward scheduling technique?
1. Begins with a known start date and calculates a completion date for an order;
2. Dates generated are earliest start dates for each operation;
3. Ordered are loaded for each operation, first to last;

Which is associated with backward scheduling?

Preventive maintenance is important in all companies, but is usually the smallest portion of the maintenance budget. For a lean manufacturing environment, preventive maintenance is critical for which of the following reasons?
1. Unplanned downtime due to breakdown is avoided;
2. It allows the production line to produce saleable units;
3. It extends the useful life of equipment thereby delaying investment in new equipment;

To which of the following types of delivery can Kanban methods be applied?
1. Within a plant
2. From plant to plant
3. From suppliers to plants

Which of the following are important criteria for achieving changes in individual behavior?
1. Top management leadership
2. Peer confirmation
3. Continuing reinforcement

Supplier development are used in JIT most often includes:

Repetitive manufacturing environments are characterized by which of the following?
1. Use if schedules instead of work orders
2. Consistent flow of finished products
3. Inventory issue transactions used for inventory

Work teams which operate highly focused segments of the production process without external supervision or reporting are called:

Taking the long-term review, marketing needs to be closely involved with a JIT initiative primarily so that