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The capacity cushion is the ratio of capacity used to the best capacity level.

Imagine comparing a manufacturing operation using regular lot-sizing and the same operation with a kanban/lean production approach. What would be your expectations of the difference between the total cost (i.e., inventory holding costs + setup/ordering costs) of each?

In practice achieving a perfectly balanced plant is usually both impossible and undesirable.

“Available to promise” identifies the difference between the units currently in the master schedule and _____

When balancing an assembly line, which of the following is not a way to reduce the longest task time below the required workstation cycle time?

The acronym ERP stands for _____

One of the basic purposes of inventory analysis in manufacturing and stockkeeping services is to determine the level of quality to specify.

The placement of which of the following is not determined by production process organization decisions?

An opportunity flow diagram as part of a six sigma quality improvement process might be found in which DMAIC category?

Subcontracting is viewed as a risky strategy because the firm may lose control of product design and pricing.