LEAN SYSTEMS
1.Consider various businesses with which you are familiar. Select a business and explain how it exemplifies craft production. Select another business and discuss how it exemplifies mass production. If you are familiar with a lean organization (or one using some lean techniques), please describe the lean techniques used.
2.Lean production is portrayed differently in different types of media. Find an article discussing lean production/manufacturing/systems in a management-related journal such as Harvard Business Review or Management Today. Summarize the article in a few paragraphs.
3.Find an article in an engineering-related journal such as Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality Progress, or The Engineer. Summarize the article in a few paragraphs.
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5.Select an office or a service provider with which you are familiar. Describe five different types of waste present. Discuss the impact of the waste and make a suggestion as to how it could be eliminated or reduced.