A machine supplier realizes that a machine malfunction at a customer＇s facility would result in expensive downtime and repair, the supplier decides to gather information about and stock repair part that might be needed. This action best represents the concept of:

Optimizing a patent intake area for improved work flow is consistent with which 5S principle

In process improvement, which of the following procedures should be done first?

Reducing design cycle time improves which of the following measures?

Concurrent engineering is defined as which of the following approaches?

To decrease time to market for discrete products, it is most effective to improve which of the following phases?

An immediate benefit of implementing lean manufacturing improvement is:

Production activity control is essential to a closed-loop system because it:

Which of the following costing methods shows the greatest apparent profit in a time of inflation?

Which of the following performance metrics best measures customers satisfaction?

A supplier of roller bearing makes lots of 10000 and short them automatically according to size. In a typical lot of 1000, the sizes break into the categories: The product requires rollers on target or, at most, 0.0001 oversize. Experience indicated that 100% must be respected before use because the machine inspection lets a few defective units slip through. The supplier should be encouraged to take which of the following actions?