When General Mills Looked for Ideas on How to Reduce

question 28

Multiple Choice

When General Mills looked for ideas on how to reduce the time it took to convert its production lines from one cereal to another,it sent a team to observe the pit crews at the Indianapolis 500.As a result of using ____,General Mills cut its plant changeover time by more than 50 percent.

• A) benchmarking
• B) conformance sampling
• C) acceptance sampling
• D) in-process sampling
• E) outsourcing

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