The chapter presents multiple techniques that service i rms can use to make their processes leaner. Which technique is demonstrated by a restaurant that offers special discounts mid week to attract more demand during a traditionally slow period?

how Bullwhip effect impacts Lean Operations. What are the main reasons for it and how these could be managed to maintain lean operations

You are asked to analyze the kanban system of LeWin, a French manufacturer of gaming devices. One of the workstations feeding the assembly line produces part M670N. The daily demand for M670N is 1,800 units. The average processing time per unit is 0.003 day. LeWin’s records show that the average container spends 1.05 days waiting at the feederworkstation. The container for M670N can hold 300 units. Twelve containers are authorized for the part. Recall that r is the average processing time per container, not per individual part.a. Find the value of the policy variable, a, that expresses the amount of implied safety stock in this system.b. Use the implied value of a from part (a) to determine the required reduction in waiting time if one container was removed. Assume that all other parameters remain constant.

Compare the lean service found within Southeast airlines to a full service airlines such as United airlines and British airways?

Flores Manufacturing, Inc., is moving to kanbans to support its electronic-board assembly lines. Determine the size of the kanban for subassemblies and the number of kanbans needed. Setup cost Annual holding cost subassembly Daily production Annual usage Lead time Safety stock $23 $200 per subassembly 550 subassemblies 50,000 (= 50 weeks x 5 days each x daily usage of 200 subassemblies) 3 days 1 day's production of subassemblies The kanban size is (round your response to the nearest whole number). The number of kanbans is (round your response to the nearest whole number).

Describe the A3 process, including its uses and benefits. (This is a lean technique)

You are asked to analyze the kanban system of LeWin, a French manufacturer of gaming devices. One of the workstations feeding the assembly line produces part M670N. The daily demand for M670N is 1,750 units. The average processing time per unit is 0.004 day. LeWin's records show that the average container spends 1.050 days waiting at the feeder workstation. The container for M670N can hold 375 units. 16 containers are authorized for the part. Recall that p is the average processing time per container, not per individual part. a. The value of the policy variable, a, that expresses the amount of implied safety stock in this system is 0.345 . (Enter your response rounded to three decimal places.) b. Use the implied value of alpha from part a to determine the required reduction in waiting time if 2 containers were removed. Assume that all other parameters remain constant. The new waiting time is day(s) (enter your response rounded to three decimal places)

You are asked to analyze the kanban system of LeWin, a French manufacturer of gaming devices. One of the workstations feeding the assembly line produces part M670N. The daily demand for M670N is 1,750 units. The average processing time per unit is 0.004 day. LeWin's records show that the average container spends 1.050 days waiting at the feeder workstation. The container for M670N can hold 375 units. 16 containers are authorized for the part. Recall that p is the average processing time per container, not per individual part. a. The value of the policy variable, a, that expresses the amount of implied safety stock in this system is (Enter your response rounded to three decimal places.)

You are asked to analyze the kanban system of LeWin, a French manufacturer of gaming devices.  One of the workstations feeding the assembly line produces part M670N. The daily demand for M670N is 1,800 units. The average processing time per unit is 0.003day. LeWin's records show that the average container spends 1.05 days waiting at the feeder workstation.  The container for M670N can hold 300 units.  Twele containers are authroized for the part.  Recall that p is the average processing time per container, not per individual part. Find the value of the policy variable, a, that expresses the amount of implied safety stock in this system.

A fabrication cell at Spradley's Sprockets uses the pull method to supply gears to an assymbly line.  George Jitson is in charge of the assembly line, which requires 500 gears per day.  Containers typically wait .20 day in the fabrication cell.  Each container holds 20 gears, and one container requires 1.8 days in machine time.  Setup times are negligible. If the policy variable for unforseen contingencies is set at 5 percent, how many containers should Jitson authorize for the gear replenishment system?