Which of the following statements best characterizes the relationship between sales and operations planning and lean production?

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?

A work center has a balance between the scheduled input and output over the next 4 weeks. One of the 3 machines in the work center will be out of service for 1 week. Currently, 3 operators work the 1st shift, 1 operator works the 2nd shift, and each has a 40-hour work week. Which of the following actions is best to take to maintain the schedule?

Which of the following persons has direct responsibility for the accuracy of production activity reporting

To successfully implement a multiple-site pickup of parts from different supplier, it is necessary that:

A customer has complained that paint is peeling off a product recently purchased from a supplier. A team is formed in the supplier plant to solve the: Which of the following method bent describes the problem-solving approach used by the team?

Small-group improvement activities are most effective when the:

An effective implementation of the S&OP processes would typically result in the firm＇s ability to:

A key benefit of an effective S&OP process is that it provides a:

A chemical plant refines crude oil from a nearby oil field into a few bulk chemicals that are stored on-site. The master planning of resources processes in this situation would most appropriately focus on: