Customer demand is 120 units per week. The company works on a 9-hour shift per day, 5-day per week basis. Each shift has a ½-hour lunch break and two 15-minute coffee breaks. The cycle time is 12 minutes. To meet demand, production must occur at the rate of one unit every:
Unresolved conflicts from the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process will result in which of the following outcomes?
A company most likely would implement a supplier certification program to:
Cost reduction, improvement of company focus, and freeing assets from noncore activities are among the results achieved through effective implementation of: