Manufacturing Engineering, Inc., is a leading provider of lean manufacturing solutions.

1. Visit Manufacturing Engineering's website atwww.mfgeng.com.
2. On its website, Manufacturing Engineering lists several categories of projects. Choose a category from the list that interests you.
3. InDiscussion Forum 2, post your response to the following questions. Please title your posting "Internet 19.4/[Your Name]." Read and comment on your classmates' postings.

one of the categories is Measurement and Control Solutions

We develop and implement solutions for process measurement and control of the value chain.

Our capabilities include:

• Sensors:selection and application
• Measurements:measure process variables and display the result using state of the art measurement tools
• Process dynamics:first principles
• Process controls:monitor and manipulate

a.What part of the value chain is targeted by the category?

b.What benefits can be identified from the category?

c.Do you believe target costing, activity-based management, cost of quality management, or just-in-time inventory was useful in the category you looked at? Why?