Chapter 12: Case: Value Stream Mapping (page 424). Answer all 3 questions.
1. Eliminating the queue of work dramatically quickens the time it takes a part to flow through the system. What are the disadvantages of removing those queues?
2. How do you think the machine operators would react to the change?
3. What would you do to ensure that the operators were kept busy?
Chapter 12: Discussion Questions: (page 421). Answer question 5 and question 17.
question 5. stopping waste is a vital part of lean. using value stream mapping, identify some source of waste in your home or dorm and discuss how they may be elimated.
Question 17.
Discuss ways to use lean to improve one of the following: a pizza restaurant, a hospital, or an auto dealership.
book used is operations and supply chain management the core by Robert jacobs and Richard b. chase