Which of the following is NOT a concern of suppliers as they prepare to enter into JIT partnerships?
A) Suppliers feel that they would be less at risk if they contracted with more than one customer.
B) Suppliers are concerned that customers will present frequent engineering changes with inadequate lead time to deal with them.
C) Suppliers feel that their processes are suited for larger lot sizes than the customer wants.
D) Suppliers are concerned that frequent delivery of small quantities is economically prohibitive.
E) All of the above represent JIT supplier concerns.
Answer: E
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Management Chapter 16
- Excess bags of basic commodities such as flour and sugar that are stored in a restaurant's kitchen represent which of the following wastes?
- Which of the following is characteristic of lean operations?
- Lean operations are known for their:
- Which of the following is NOT an attribute of lean operations?
- Which of the following is not characteristic of a TPS employee?
- Which of the following is an illustration of employee empowerment?
- A manufacturer took the following actions to reduce inventory. Which of these is generally not accepted as a JIT action?
- Great Lakes Barge and Baggage Company makes, among other things, battery-operated bilge pumps. Which of the following activities is NOT part of JIT? They:
- JIT makes quality cheaper because:
- Which of the following is FALSE regarding the links between JIT and quality?
- A grocery store is attempting to implement a kanban system. Which of the following would not be an application of kanbans?
- Lead time for computers is 5 days with daily demand of 25 and safety stock of 5 computers. If management wants to use 10 kanbans how many computers should each one hold?
- Lead time for computers is 7 days with daily demand of 5 computers and a safety stock of 1 day. Each kanban holds 8 computers. What is the correct number of kanbans?
- The cook in a fast-food restaurant knows that 2 hamburger patties and an order of fries should be started for each car that is waiting in line. This is best an example of:
- Lead time for cakes is 2 days with daily demand of 10 cakes and a safety stock of ½ a day. Each container (kanban) holds 1 cake. What is the correct number of kanbans?
- The number of kanbans should be equal to which of the following?
- Which one of the following scenarios represents the use of a kanban to reduce inventories?
- What does the Japanese word "kanban" mean?
- Kanban is associated with all EXCEPT which of the following?
- Which one of the following statements is TRUE about the kanban system?
- If a factory wants to cut its current lot size in half, by what proportion must setup cost change?
- Which of the following is TRUE regarding the steps to reducing setup times?
- A product has annual demand of 100,000 units. The plant manager wants production to follow a four-hour cycle. Based on the following data, what setup cost will enable the desired production cycle?
- A firm wants to develop a level material use schedule based on the following data. What should be the setup cost?
- Which one of the following statements is TRUE regarding JIT inventory?