Select one: True or False

1-Value stream mapping (VSM) is a widely used quantitative lean tool aimed at -minimizing the total costs. 2-TPM is the integration of preventive and predictive maintenance to avoid emergency maintenance.

3-In a lean system, large inventories are not considered a type of waste, because they prevent operator wait times.

4-The nave forecast may be adapted to take into account a demand trend.

5-The disadvantage of the chase strategy is that inventories can be kept to a minimum.

6-A smaller capacity cushion may be required due to variation in demand, changing product mix, or supply uncertainty.

7-Line balancing strives to assign work to stations such that the amount of work at each station is equal.

8-The transition from economies of scale to dis economies of scale is more likely to occur in a manufacturing operation.

9-The center of gravity technique does not take into consideration the location of any given site .

10-Setup time is the time required to adjust a process when switching from making one product to another and is unproductive time in the sense that no product is being built during the setup.

11-Traditional use of kanban replenishment approaches have to be resized ever more dynamically in complex environments.

12-Better forecasting processes yield better forecasts .