Lean thinking summary

To aid waste elimination, a number of practices have been developed. Key ones such as rapid changeover, presented here, provide standard solutions that are widely applicable, and help most companies to reduce costs and improve quality. 

How is material flow planned and controlled in the supply chain  

2 Evaluate the impact of international supply chains on the challenges to MPC systems in practice. Does increasing the physical distance between processes mean that they are more difficult to plan and control  

5 Dealers have criticised the way auto assemblers use )IT as an excuse for buying parts from the inbound supply network so that their costs are kept down. They then dump finished vehicles onto the dealer by matching their perceptions of a marketplace 

6 What matters more value to the customer or value to the shareholder Refer to section 3.4 of Chapter 3 in formulating your response. How does this question impact on the philosophy of lean thinking  

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