Consider the Adjacent Work Stations in This Two Card Kanban

question 28

Multiple Choice

Consider the adjacent work stations in this two card Kanban system.Work Center 3 has just pulled the Incoming Parts C box to their work station.Plant manager Taichi Ohno grabs the microphone for the company PA system and announces that effective immediately,the company will switch to a one card system.Which of these actions is appropriate?

• A) The production card will be discarded and the empty container will function as a production signal.
• B) The move card will be discarded and the empty container will function as a move signal.
• C) Both the move and production cards will be discarded in favor of a combined move/production card.
• D) The production card will be discarded as production will be implied and the move cards will signal when items are needed downstream.

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