When a Firm Adopts the Just-In-Time Method of Management

question 10

Multiple Choice

When a firm adopts the just-in-time method of management,

• A)employees are retrained on different equipment,but the plant layout generally remains unchanged.
• B)new machinery and equipment must be purchased from franchised JIT dealers.
• C)machinery and equipment are moved into small autonomous production lines called islands or cells.
• D)new,more efficient machinery and equipment are purchased and installed in the original plant layout.

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Definitions:

Superior Colliculi

Superior Colliculi are structures in the midbrain involved in visual and auditory processing, as well as the coordination of eye and head movements.

Inferior Colliculi

Structures in the midbrain that serve as principal midbrain nuclei for the processing of auditory information.

Auditory

Relating to the sense of hearing or the system within the body that is responsible for processing sound.

Visual

Relating to seeing or to the sight, the sense by which the qualities of objects such as color, shape, and size are perceived.