Which of the Following Statements About Kaizen Is False

question 145

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about kaizen is false?

• A) Employee empowerment will allow kaizen to occur more easily.
• B) It requires active participation by all of a company's employees.
• C) It takes the view that all employees are responsible for continuous improvement.
• D) It consists of major changes that require large investments on the part of the company.

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Definitions:

Queue Time

The duration that an item spends waiting to be processed or serviced in a system.

Delivery Cycle Time

The total time taken from receiving a customer order to the delivery of the product, indicating the efficiency of the production and delivery system.

Manufacturing Cycle Efficiency

A performance metric that measures the efficiency of the production process by dividing the value-added time by the total cycle time.

Queue Time

The total time that a product or job spends waiting in line to be processed at various stages of production.