The chapter presents multiple techniques that service i rms can use to make their processes leaner. Which technique is demonstrated by a restaurant that offers special discounts mid week to attract more demand during a traditionally slow period?

Q: What is value stream mapping?

A: The Value stream mapping process allows to create a detailed visualization of all the steps in work…

Q: The UCC only covers goods transaction, not services transactions.     True  False

A: The Unifrom Commerical Code is a general set of rules and regulations for firms to make business…

Q: Flores Manufacturing, Inc., is moving to kanbans tosupport its electronic-boa rd assembly lines.…

A: Given data is Annual usage(D) = 50000 Setup cost(S) = $25 Holding cost(H) = $200 Daily usage(d) =…

Q: What do lean manufacturers demand from their vendors?   a. high-quality materials   b. low-cost…

A: Lean manufacturing is an important part of production and operations. It involves the objective of…

Q: In which ways, if any, are the following systems analogous to kanban: returning empty bottles to the…

A: Kanban is a workflow management method for defining, managing, and improving services that deliver…

Q: Will lean work in service environments? Why or why not?

A: The service sector is often under pressure to deliver excellent client service, faster response…

Q: Pauline Found​ Manufacturing, Inc., is moving to kanbans to support its telephone​ switching-board…

A: Given that:Set up Cost S30Annual Holding Cost H100Daily Production p20Annual Usage D2500Lead Time…

Q: Compare the lean service found within Southeast airlines to a full service airlines such as United…

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Q: How would a JIT (Just In Time) and Lean System be beneficial to the manager of a large hospital?

A: Manufacturing is the process of converting the raw inputs into finished output for the customers.

Q: A fabrication cell at Spradley's Sprockets uses the pull method to supply gears to an assembly line.…

A: Requirement (D) = 394 gears per dayContainers = 0.5One containers = 0.9Lead time (L) = 0.5+0.9 = 1.4…

Q: Pauline Found​ Manufacturing, Inc., is moving to kanbans to support its telephone​ switching-board…

A: Set up Cost S 30 Annual Holding Cost H 125 Daily Production p 30 Annual Usage D 3000 Lead…

Q: A fabrication cell at Spradley’s Sprockets uses the pull method to supply gears to an assembly line.…

A: Demand rate (R) = 500 gears per day Lead time (L) = 0.2+1.8 = 2 days  Container size (S) = 20 gears…

Q: What is the Z value corresponding to a 98% service level? 02.33 0 1.645 O 1.96 O 2.055

A: The "z-value" in statistics and probability is connected to the standard Normal distribution, a…

Q: Tej​ Dhakar's company wants to establish kanbans to feed a newly established work cell. The…

A: Production leveling or production smoothing is a part of the lean production system. In other words,…

Q: Hartley Electronics, Inc., in Nashville, producesshort runs of custom airwave scanners for the…

A: Given: Daily demand (d) = 1000 connectorsLead time (L) = 2 daysSafety stock = 12 = 0.5 dayKanban…

Q: In value stream mapping, what does an arrow in the shape of a lightning bolt mean?

A: Value stream mapping is described as the lean tools and it facilitates in the visualization of the…

Q: Compute cycle efficiency for the (a) traditional approach and (b) lean approach. (Round your answers…

A: Here, each activity is given with the traditional time and lean time, I would identify the…

Q: Which of the following best characterizes JIT​ systems? Part 2   A. Annual review of operation…

A: A management technique that reduces inventory and boosts efficiency is the just-in-time (JIT)…

Q: How many containers are needed? (Round up your answer to the next whole number.) Number of…

A: Production is the process in which inputs are combined to have the required output. It includes a…

Q: You are asked to analyze the kanban system of LeWin. a French manufacturer of gaming devices. One of…

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