Exam 7: Just-In-Time and Lean Systems

Frank's umbrella corporation is designing a kanban system. They know that they are expected to produce 100 umbrellas per hour. They've also determined that a key external resource takes 30 minutes to deliver the required material once an order has been transmitted. To start with they want to maintain a safety stock of 25 critical parts. Originally they want to start with 3 kanbans. What container size should Frank's umbrella company start with?

In JIT the workforce is viewed as

Bottom-round management includes consensus management by committees or teams.

Just-in-time organizations rely on employees to

With JIT a company's relationship with its suppliers includes

According to JIT, __________ is carried to cover up a wide variety of problems, such as poor quality, demand uncertainty, and slow delivery.

In a JIT environment, workers need to

Often the best quality problem resolution solution involves a complex answer as the organization is a complex organization.

External setups can be done while the machine is running.

An important TQM concept is that quality is defined by the

The central belief of the JIT philosophy is elimination of waste) What are the other beliefs that help define this philosophy?

Which of the following is not a role of JIT management?

What does a company need to successfully implement JIT?

According to JIT, by eliminating inventory we can clearly identify obsolete products and work on eliminating them.

Production employees in JIT setting record and visually display performance data like: _____________________.

Three basic elements work together to complete a JIT system: just-in-time manufacturing, total quality management, and

External setups

What are the three major elements of JIT?

The ultimate goal of JIT is to produce products in a lot size of

Materials and work in process move farther and more often under ____________________.