Posted: July 20th, 2016

A real advantage of the lean philosophy is the reduction of co-ordination effort required?

21. “Autonomation” indicates that the firm is attempting to reduce its dependence on automated equipment.
True False
FALSE
Autonomation involves the automatic detection of defects during production.
22. “Preventive maintenance” is additional maintenance done immediately after a breakdown has occurred to help prevent any further breakdowns.
True False
FALSE
Preventative maintenance is done on a regularly scheduled basis to help prevent breakdowns.
23. In the lean approach, inventories are reduced gradually, instead of eliminating inventories as rapidly as possible.
True False
TRUE
Inventories are reduced as problems are solved.
24. One problem with lean operations is that they can lead to much frustration and disappointment of people on the shop floor due to the need for continuously monitoring and expediting resource availability.
True False
TRUE
Workers are challenged to take on more responsibility for the process in lean operations.
25. A real advantage of the lean philosophy is the reduction of co-ordination effort required.
True False
FALSE
Substantial co-ordination effort is required in the lean philosophy.
26. The lean philosophy recognizes that some work-in-process inventories are a necessary investment to allow for smooth work-flow.
True False
FALSE
The lean philosophy sees smooth flows enabled by work-in-process inventory as inherently wasteful.
27. Preventive maintenance will eliminate the need to carry supplies of spare parts.
True False
FALSE