Companies Using Lean Systems Generally Have

question 28

Multiple Choice

Companies using lean systems generally have:

• A) many suppliers to ensure that material shortages never occur.
• B) suppliers that are located nearby to decrease delivery lead time.
• C) suppliers that are willing to accept short-term contracts.
• D) suppliers who are low-cost producers.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Model

A theoretical approach that explains psychological phenomena by emphasizing mental processes, including perception, memory, and thought.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique used to replace an undesirable response to a stimulus with a more desirable one.

Shaping

A method in behavioral psychology used to gradually train a new behavior by reinforcing successive approximations to the desired behavior.

Premack Principle

A principle in psychology that states that more probable behaviors will reinforce less probable behaviors.