What are the supply chain implications of the lean system emphasis on close supplier ties?
What will be an ideal response?
Close supplier ties lead to partnerships with a relatively few number of suppliers in close geographic locations. It helps firms get frequent supplier shipments, have short lead time, on-time scheduled arrival of goods of high quality, with deliveries as often as several times per day. Close cooperation leads to better inventory planning and scheduled deliveries that improve both customer and supplier profit margins. Sometimes, a JIT II system is used with the supplier having a representative in the customer's plant, and this representative is then empowered to plan and schedule the replenishment of materials from the supplier.
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A) resonance B) imagery C) performance D) salience E) judgment
Describe what is meant by testamentary capacity.
What will be an ideal response?
The preferred sequence for distributing the cost of service departments to production departments when using the sequential distribution method is:
a. to distribute the cost of the service department with the largest total overhead cost first. b. to always distribute the cost of the Human Resources Department first. c. to distribute the costs of the service departments to the production department having the largest amount of overhead cost first. d. to distribute the costs of the service department that services the greatest number of departments first.
Hae-Won, a middle manager at a sales company, wrote a dishonest internal report to make her team seem more productive than it was. Based on general trends, what is the most likely reason she wrote this report?
a. to avoid being fired b. the need to get new clients c. personal gain d. pressure from a superior