Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hill Education)
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hill Education)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781259666100
Author: F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 1.1CQ
Summary Introduction

Case summary:

The case deals with the production flow of Company Q. It supplies two different types of gizmos for a computer manufacturer company. The manager of Company Q has the plan to install automated order system in order to control the inventories. The case further explains the production flow of both the type and the setup time and operations time.

To determine: The changes considered by the manager, which are counter to the lean philosophy.

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