1. A business philosophy that focuses on eliminating time, cost, and poor quality within manufacturing and nonmanufacturing processes is called short-cycle processing or ....................................................................................
2. A company moving from traditional manufacturing methods to just-in-time will probably see (an increase or a decrease) in the number of its suppliers.
3. The lead time that a product waits in inventories, moves unnecessarily, and waits during machine breakdowns is called ...................................................
4. In short-cycle operations, production planners do not make forecasts of estimated orders but base the schedule of manufacturing on firm orders from customers. This system is called .............................................................
5. The production scheduling approach based on replacing depleted inventories rather than producing to fill a customer order is called (answer