What Went Wrong? - The Problem
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Into which 3 basic trends were approaches to manufacturing management broken down?
- Efficiency trend
- Quality trend
- Integration trend
Put the movements/philosophies/buzzwords below, into the correct following 3 trends.
- Efficiency trend
- Quality trend
- Integration trend
ERP, Six Sigma, SCM, JIT, TQM, lean, MRP, TPS
1: JIT, lean, TPS
2: TQM, Six Sigma
3: MRP, ERP, SCM
According to the authors of the book, what is the cause of big problems in manufacturing management, such as
- the three trends becoming text-decorationcompeting systems, disseminating good ideas
- manufacturing 'programs' degenerating into meaningless buzzwords ?
The lack of a scientific framework
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According to the authors, what is the main problem with Six Sigma?
It does not offer education on how manufacturing systems behave. Only on statistics.
According to the author, what is the main problem with the efficiency trend?
Most movements/approaches utilize benchmarking and imitation rather than mathematical models or computers, which means that in new situations, this experience-based approach is probably not yielding useful solutions.
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