Operations Management
Operations Management
13th Edition
ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 5DRQ

a)

Summary Introduction

To determine: Importance of vendor relations in lean systems.  

Introduction: A lean system is a methodical approach to the recognition and exclusion of waste and non-value added actions through worker expansion and constant progress in all goods and services. It is a process of manufacturing products using less of everything contrast to traditional production systems.

b)

Summary Introduction

To determine: Reason vendor relations in lean systems tend to vary from more adversarial associations of the past.

Introduction: A lean system is a methodical approach to the recognition and exclusion of waste and non-value added actions through worker expansion and constant progress in all goods and services. It is a process of manufacturing products using less of everything contrast to traditional production systems.

c)

Summary Introduction

To determine: Reasons suppliers be uncertain in relation to JIT acquisition.

Introduction: A lean system is a methodical approach to the recognition and exclusion of waste and non-value added actions through worker expansion and constant progress in all goods and services. It is a process of manufacturing products using less of everything contrast to traditional production systems.

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