Just-In-Time (JIT) Production Systems

question 95

Multiple Choice

Just-in-time (JIT) production systems

• A) may lead to increased inventory obsolescence.
• B) have been widely used since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
• C) bring together all the needed materials and parts at the precise moment they are required for each production stage, not before.
• D) keep inventory levels high so deliveries to customers can be made just in time.
• E) increase the number of goods in process and save money by replacing stop-and-go production with smooth movement.

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