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Waiting for parts to arrive or for machines to finish production is considered a form of waste under the principles of mass production.

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B) False

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Which of the following is not considered a benefit of lean production?

A) less product variety
B) increased capacity
C) lower costs
D) greater flexibilty

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Poka-yoke is a Japanese term used to describe the removal of waste in a lean production system.

Kanbans were derived from the two-bin inventory system.

Advantages of small-lot production include requiring less space and lower capital investment.

All of the following factors pressure companies for quicker response and shorter cycle times except

The benefits of lean production include all of the following except reduced

Setup time is not a component of the cumulative lead time for a manufactured product.

Mixed-model sequencing

Firms that adopt lean production experience reductions in cycle time, inventory cost, and employee training costs.

A ___ is a foolproof device that prevents defects from occurring.

The time required for a worker to complete one pass through the operations assigned to her is called the operator cycle time.

The authority for a worker to stop the production line when quality problems are encountered is known as poka-yoke.

One component of lead time, setup time, is often the biggest bottle neck.

In lean production, waste is defined as

General purpose machines are an example of flexible resources.

A workstation must produce 400 units an hour. It takes 24 minutes to receive the necessary material for production from the previous workstation. Output is moved between workstations in containers holding 44 units. If the process uses a safety factor of 10%, then the number of kanbans that should be circulating between this workstation and the previous workstation is

A workstation's output is 200 bottles of wine per hour. It takes 45 minutes to receive a withdrawal kanban of corks from the previous workstation. The withdrawal kanban is attached to a container holding 30 corks. The process uses a safety factor of 20 percent. What is the number of withdrawal kanbans needed to support the bottling process?

Procedures or mechanisms that make problems visible are examples of which of the following?

In a pull production system, a card that corresponds to a standard quantity of production is known as a(n)