In the Context of a Production Process Such as a Manufacturing

question 9

Multiple Choice

In the context of a production process such as a manufacturing plant, what is the technique used to identify all of the value-adding as well as non-value-adding processes that materials are subjected to within a plant, from raw material coming into the plant through delivery to the customer?

• A) Lean manufacturing
• B) Lean supply chain
• C) Kaizen
• D) Value stream mapping
• E) Lean production schedules

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