Which are the good examples of companies that use Lean Manufacturing successfully? Why should an employer learn more about lean concepts?

BMG706 Quizzes (Oct 2022 Intake)

Question 1: 15%

Which are the good examples of companies that use Lean Manufacturing successfully? Why should an employer learn more about lean concepts?

Instruction and Submission date:

• Send your report to  before 2
• No reference page and intext citations are required for the quiz.
• Do not write more than 500 words.
• Your report should be saved as a word document (NOT PDF).

Question 2: 15%

Deming’s 14 Points on Quality Management, or the Deming Model of Quality Management, a core concept on implementing total quality management (TQM), is a set of management practices to help companies increase their quality and productivity.

• Create constancy of purpose for improving products and services.
• Adopt the new philosophy.
• Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality.
• End the practice of awarding business on price alone; instead, minimize total cost by working with a single supplier.
• Improve constantly and forever every process for planning, production and service.
• Institute training on the job.
• Adopt and institute leadership.
• Drive out fear.
• Break down barriers between staff areas.
• Eliminate slogans, exhortations and targets for the workforce.
• Eliminate numerical quotas for the workforce and numerical goals for management.
• Remove barriers that rob people of pride of workmanship, and eliminate the annual rating or merit system.
• Institute a vigorous program of education and self-improvement for everyone.
• Put everybody in the company to work accomplishing the transformation.

Among the 14 Points, which do you think are the most important? Explain why.

Is there any Points that you disagree? Explain your answer.

Instruction and Submission date:

• Send your report to   before 27 Oct 2022, Thursday at 2359pm.
• No reference page and intext citations are required for the quiz.
• Do not write more than 500 words.
• Your report should be saved as a word document (NOT PDF).

Other instruction

• Submit both Quiz 1 and 2 in ONE email.
• Remember to save the file using Your Name.