Tata Motors of India Produces a Mini-Car Called the GenX

question 26

Multiple Choice

Tata Motors of India produces a mini-car called the GenX Nano. This small car boasts an affordable price tag of under $5000. The firm is keeping costs down by eliminating large assembly-line manufacturing sites and high transportation costs. Workers prepare "kits" that are shipped to final retail destinations. The kits are assembled by trained technicians at the retail level. Which of the following does this example illustrate?

• A) TQM
• B) lean production
• C) continuous flow process
• D) old-style assembly lines

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Definitions:

Sensory Information

Data obtained by the senses, which play a crucial role in allowing the brain to understand and interact with the environment.

Transduction

The process of converting one form of energy into another, as in sensory transduction where physical signals are transformed into neural signals.

Color Constancy

is the perceptual phenomenon by which the colors of objects remain relatively constant under varying illumination conditions.

Bright Sunlight

Bright sunlight is intense sunlight that can influence mood, vitamin D synthesis, and visibility conditions.