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Pls help me w/this question LO: To investigate how lean production can benefit a business
Benson Clothing (BC) is a private limited company that manufacturere arange of
clothing for men, women and children. It is located in Main City in country X. It
manufactures clothing using traditional labour-intensive methods of production.
BC has well qualified, skilled employees and they are well paid and
well
motivated. Mostof the workforce has worked for BC for many years. Electric
cutting machines and electric sewing
achines are used to produce high-quality
clothes. BC purchases cloth from suppliers in country X.
BC uses batch production and holds inventories of cloth, as well as finished items
of clothing. The directors are considering introducing new technology into the
factory to make the output more efficient. They are also considering Introducing
lean production as well.
The shareholders of BC do not think lean production should be
introduced. Do you agree with them? Justify your answer. [6 marks]
Keywords: kaizen, JIT, inventory, defects

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