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A corporation is consideringimplementation of a JIT inventorysystem. The company's industrialengineer recently conducted a studyto determine the average numberof days spent in each activity ofthe production process. Thefollowing table summarizes thefindings:
Production Activity Number ofdays
Inspectingmaterials...........................................3
Storingmaterials...............................................17
Moving materials into production........................ 3
Setting up production equipment....................... 2
Cuttingmaterials.............................................6
bending materials............................................5
Assembing finished products............................ 9
Painting finished products................................ 5e. which of the above activities might be reduced oreliminatedif the company implemented a JIT system? f. What ethical issues might be related to eliminating someofthe non-value added activites?
A corporation is consideringimplementation of a JIT inventorysystem. The company's industrialengineer recently conducted a studyto determine the average numberof days spent in each activity ofthe production process. Thefollowing table summarizes thefindings:
Production Activity Number ofdays
Inspectingmaterials...........................................3
Storingmaterials...............................................17
Moving materials into production........................ 3
Setting up production equipment....................... 2
Cuttingmaterials.............................................6
bending materials............................................5
Assembing finished products............................ 9
Painting finished products................................ 5
Storingmaterials...............................................17
Moving materials into production........................ 3
Setting up production equipment....................... 2
Cuttingmaterials.............................................6
bending materials............................................5
Assembing finished products............................ 9
Painting finished products................................ 5
e. which of the above activities might be reduced oreliminatedif the company implemented a JIT system?
f. What ethical issues might be related to eliminating someofthe non-value added activites?
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30 Mar 2018
