Mannklein AG is a major manufacturer of metal-cutting machines. It has plants in Frankfurt and Stuttgart. The
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Thomas Ahrens, manager of the Stuttgart plant, has adopted a wait-and-see approach to JIT. He commented to Kurunmäki: 'In my time, I have forgotten more manufacturing acronyms than you have read about in your five-year career. In two years' time, JIT will join the manufacturing buzzword scrapheap.' Ahrens continues with his 'well-honed' traditional approach to manufacturing at the Stuttgart plant. Summary operating data for the two plants in 2007 are as follows:
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1. What are the key features of JIT production?
2. Compare the operating performance of the Frankfurt and Stuttgart plants in 2007.
Comment on any differences you observe.
3. Kurunmäki is concerned about the level of detail on the job-cost records for the cutting machines manufactured at the Frankfurt plant during 2007. What reasons might lead Kurunmäki to simplify the job-cost records?
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Management and Cost Accounting
ISBN: 978-1405888202
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Authors: Alnoor Bhimani, Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, George Foster
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