33:799:301 Study Guide - Deming Prize, Iso 14000, Management System
3 Nov 2013
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Chapter 8 process management: lean production and six sigma quality issues in. True/false: lean production is an operating philosophy or mindset that essentially attempts to minimize the impact of system variability and flaws in forecasting through the use of high safety stock inventories. Pts: 1: lean production and six sigma quality are essentially two terms that mean the same thing. Pts: 1: organizations practicing lean production often increase their inventory levels in the long-run in order to create a cushion against variability so that they can investigate and eliminate the weaknesses of their system. Pts: 1: the objective of the deming prize is to stimulate quality and productivity improvement among us firms. Pts: 1: w. edwards deming and shigeo shingo were two of the notables who helped toyota develop the. Pts: 1: statistical process control uses control charts to monitor the outputs of a process to identify variations due to assignable causes from variations due to common causes.
