Simtec Believes in Supplying the Highest Quality in Engineering Equipment

question 14

Multiple Choice

Simtec believes in supplying the highest quality in engineering equipment and controls. To make sure that its products fit the needs of its consumers, it goes into the field to examine consumer needs and to see exactly how consumers use equipment to solve problems. With respect to TQM, Simtec is following a practice called going to the:

• A) mat.
• B) gemba.
• C) root of the problem.
• D) experts.

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Definitions:

Scheduling Systems

Tools and methodologies used to organize, prioritize, and allocate resources to tasks or projects over time.

Retail Stores

Physical locations where products are sold directly to the public.

Scheduling Optimization

The process of arranging, controlling, and optimizing work and workloads in a production process or manufacturing operation to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

Backward Scheduling

A scheduling technique that begins with a desired project completion date and works backward to determine the latest start dates for each task to meet that deadline.