LEAN SUPPLY CHAIN SECTION 1

Today’s supply chain follows a ---- model that must respond quickly to rapidly changing customer demands

• demand-driven, customer-centric model

• supply-driven, supplier-centric model

• demand-driven, supplier-centric model

• supply-driven, customer-centric model

What were the problems with the traditional mode of operation?

What is the necessity of providing the suppliers with any visibility on the production schedules?

A philosophy of manufacturing, applicable to manufacturing and services based on planned elimination of all waste and on continuous improvement of productivity.

• Lean Supply Chain

• Just-in-time

• Lean Philosophy

• Assemble To Order

The vision of the lean supply chain is to have every upstream process react to a pull signal from its downstream customer and produce a product

• only when the customer demand sit

• before the customer demand sit

• based on inventory level

• based on supplier

Muda is a Japanese word meaning

• Lean

• BTS

• Waste

• Kanban

The lean supply chain is about zero inventories.

• Right

• Wrong, it is about the strategic use of inventories.

..... is a business production strategy where products that are ordered by customers are produced quickly and are customizable to a certain extent. It typically requires that the basic parts of the product are already manufactured.

• Build to Stock

• Assemble to Order

• Build to Order

..... traditional production strategy that is used by businesses to match inventory with anticipated consumer demand.

• Build to Order

• Engineer to Order

• Build to Stock

Kaizen is a lean philosophy that visualizes the system and limits WIP ( Work In Process)

• True.

• False.

Answer explanation

Kaizen eliminates waste through continuous improvement (PDCA)

Kanban is a visual system that makes the process smoother and we can easily spot the bottle necks.