1. Discuss how just-in-time manufacturing might affect a Job Shop. (Consider both positive and negative impacts on both internal and external operations.)
2. You operate a dairy farm, raising cows for the production of raw milk products. Briefly identify the levels of vertical integration that you would anticipate being possible for such an operation (include both backward and forward integration in your response).
3. Discuss the concept of the "Process Spectrum". Use examples where appropriate.
4. Compare and contrast the "Worker Paced Line Flow Process" and the "Machine Paced Line Flow Process" as relates to:
Capital use
Process speed:
Pacing
Materials requirements
5. Briefly discuss the concept of the "cost of quality". Consider both positive and negative costs associated with a typical quality program in a manufacturing facility.