Operations Management
Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14.S, Problem 9DRQ
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To determine: Reason a good preventive maintenance program in place is necessary before implementing a lean system.

Introduction: A preventive maintenance is a practical method which facilitate in decreasing breakdowns with assistance from a course of lubrication, modification, cleaning, examination and restoring parts with defect. A lean system is a methodical approach to the recognition and exclusion of waste and non-value added actions through worker expansion and constant progress in all goods and services. It is a process of manufacturing products using less of everything contrast to traditional production systems.

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