When Wanda Took Over as Operations Manager at Gumby Beverage

question 11

Multiple Choice

When Wanda took over as operations manager at Gumby Beverage Company,she set out to reduce the company's level of inventory of raw and finished goods to near zero.Instead,raw materials would arrive at the plants at exactly the time that they were needed,and finished products would ship out as soon as they were ready.Wanda's new system can best be described as:

• A)Balanced scorecard
• B)Six Sigma
• C)Just-in-time inventory control
• D)Lean manufacturing
• E)Open-book management

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