Give a brief (5-sentence) explanation of Lean Development and its advantages, and then give two concrete instances from your experience with studying for this course and administering tests.

All of the following are common to both Benihana and the lean Japanese manufacturers EXCEPT: Group of answer choices reduced waste minimal inventory limited product line intensive use of space process organization structure

How do you Assess 5 lean processes and 5 lean tools for their ability to eliminate waste and lower production costs while maintaining quality using Lean processes, Small lot sizes, Set-up time reduction, Manufacturing cells, Quality improvement, Production flexibility, Balanced system, Little inventory storage, Fail-safe methods?

The lean operations system strategy has been in operation for 3 months at Your Furniture Company. Recently, operations managers have received complaints from the company’s distribution division that customer orders for dining room tables are delayed due to a backup in the production assembly area. The assembly team consists of 30 members, with each member assembling a table from start to finish from the cut pieces provided through upstream production. How do you introduce the reader to methods analysis and work measurement as related to operations management?

Provide a brief (5-sentence) explanation of Lean Development and its advantages, and then give two concrete instances from your experience with studying for this course and administering tests.

Charming Fashion, a Spanish company that manufactureshandbags and shoes for young customers, has decided to in-troduce aspects of lean systems into its processes. It is espe-cially interested in the Kanban system since some of its moreimportant buyers are Japanese department stores that favorthis aspect of lean systems. The company has two choices,one is to introduce the single-card Kanban system, which hasthe advantage of simplicity and it’s designed to facilitate theflow of materials while maintaining control of inventory lev-els. The other, which would be suitable for its differentiatedand articulated product lines, is the two-card system. Thiswill be based on a withdrawal card and a production-ordercard. While this is more complex, it will allow CharmingFashion to control inventory quantities more closely.a. What should the company do? Explain the reasoningprocess.b. Apart from applying the Kanban card system, what otheroptions are available to the company?