Why Might Labour Costs Be Reduced in a Value Stream

question 10

Multiple Choice

Why might labour costs be reduced in a value stream system?

• A)The reduction causes an elimination of the need for any specialized skilled employees such as industrial engineers or production schedulers.
• B)The labour costs of industrial engineers and production schedulers can be pooled and allocated to the value streams.
• C)Some of the workers can be cross-trained to perform value-added activities within the value stream.
• D)Typically,implementing value stream results in layoffs of many workers.

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