The smaller the capacity cushion, the better.
Assembly-line balancing means assigning all necessary tasks to a series of workstations
so that each workstation has no more than can be done in the workstation cycle time
and so that idle time across all workstations is minimized.
The objective of a retail service layout is to maximize net profit per square foot of store
space.
A learning curve is a line displaying the relationship between unit production time and
the cumulative number of units produced.
In Japanese manufacturing, automation and robotics are used extensively to perform
dull or routine jobs so employees are free to focus on important improvement tasks.