When a firm adopts the just-in-time method of management,

a. employees are retrained on different equipment, but the plant layout generally remains unchanged.
b. new machinery and equipment must be purchased from franchised JIT dealers.
c. machinery and equipment are moved into small autonomous production lines called islands or cells.
d. new, more efficient machinery and equipment are purchased and installed in the original plant layout.


C

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