Answer:
Just-in-Time/Lean Principles
The plan that best represents uniform plant loading for this plant is:
c. Produce 1500 units of X on day 1, 1500 units of X on day 2, and then 300 units of Y and 1200 units of Z on day 3.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Total production requirements Product X Product Y Product Z
for the next three days at the factory 3,000 300 1,200
Uniform plant loading plan:
Day 1 1,500 0 0
Day 2 1,500 0 0
Day 3 0 300 1,200
Total production on the three days 3,000 300 1,200
b) The uniform plant loading plan within the just-in-time or lean production environment ensures that wastes and disruptions are minimized. It reduces inventory of raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods, and loss due to production stoppages and setups. Operating on this just-in-time principle, production of product X will continue from Day 1 through Day 2, while production of products Y and Z will take place on Day 3, with the same quantity of products produced each day.
