EX 17-21 Lean manufacturing Obj. 5 The following are some quotes provided by a number of managers at Hawkeye Machining company regarding the company's planned move toward a lean manufacturing system: Director of Sales: I'm afraid we'll miss some sales if we don't keep a large stock of items on hand just in case demand increases. It only makes sense to me to keep large inventories in order to assure product availability for our customers. Director of Purchasing: I'm very concerned about moving to a lean system for materials. What would happen if one of our suppliers were unable to make a shipment? A supplier could fall behind in production or have a quality problem. Without some safety stock in our materials, our whole plant would shut down. (Continued) Process Cost Systems Chapter 17 drop, We need in process inventor ample, if a machine that is used ocess inventory between the two he broken machine. Thus, the in ping when things go wrong. Director of Manufacturing: If we go to lean manufacturing, I think our factory output will drop w in order to "smooth out the inevitable problems that occur during manufacturing. For exampl to process a product breaks down, it would starve the next machine if I don't have in-process machines. I have in process inventory, then I can keep the next operation busy while I fix then process inventories give me a safety valve that I can use to keep things running when things go How would you respond to these managers