Response to the following should be at least 200 words each. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Question 1. High reliability can be achieved in a product without having high reliability in the component parts. In fact, any reliability target, no matter how high, can be achieved with only mediocre parts, so long as enough of them are present." Explain why this is the case. An example may help with your explanation.
Question 2. Differentiate between a push and a pull system. Which system is most likely to reduce manufacturing cycle time, and why? What system can be used with suppliers, and what is the advantage?
Question 3. Compare, in your own words, short-term scheduling at process-focused, repetitive, and product-focused facilities.
Question 4. A certain product has been effectively managed in the past, according to its managers. The previous technique used the economic production quantity model, and resulted in an optimum lot size of 100. For this product, setup time is directly proportional to setup cost, and setup time is currently 40 minutes per batch. How much must setup time decline in order for the lot size to fall to 50 units? 25 units? 10 units? Explain how you determined the declines in setup time you calculated.