Lean production makes implementing green strategies in manufacturing processes more
difficult.
A tracking signal (TS) can be calculated using the arithmetic sum of forecast deviations
divided by the MAD.
The three essential resources in a hospital supply chain are information, funds, and
goods and services.
Buffer inventory in front of a bottleneck is called a time buffer.
Two common measures to evaluate supply chain efficiency are the Consumer Price
Index and the beta flow system.
Company unions in Japan exist to foster a cooperative relationship with management.
Generally, determining lot sizes in MRP systems is simple.
The ultimate in plant flexibility is a one-hour-changeover-time plant.
Rather than try to adjust the master production schedule to change resource loads, it is
more practical to control the flow at each bottleneck or CCR to bring capacities in line.
Genichi Taguchi’s view of the cost of quality is that variance is a discontinuous
function.