In JIT Partnerships, Suppliers Have Several Concerns

question 43

Multiple Choice

In JIT partnerships, suppliers have several concerns. Which of the following is not such a concern?

• A) desire for diversification
• B) poor customer scheduling
• C) small lot sizes
• D) producing high enough quality levels
• E) customers' infrequent engineering changes

---

Definitions:

Upper Control Limits

The threshold values in statistical quality control that indicate the maximum acceptable variation in a process.

Pareto Analysis

A decision-making technique used for selecting a limited number of tasks that produce significant overall effect, based on the principle that 80% of effects come from 20% of causes.

Vital Few

A principle often associated with the Pareto Principle, indicating that a small number of causes, inputs, or effort usually lead to a majority of the results, outputs, or rewards.

Cause-And-Effect

A relationship between events where one is the result of the other, often illustrated by a fishbone diagram in quality improvement contexts.