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Essay Instructions: With regard to Supply Chain Management, one can see both benefits and problems regarding “just in time” production planning. If you were a CEO, in what circumstances would you use or not use “just in time” production planning? Describe the benefits or pitfalls to support your position.

Essay Instructions: The Just in Time system is often referred to as a management philosophy of doing business rather than a technique for improving efficiency. What are the difficulties which occur when a new system such as Just in Time is introduced to replace the traditional system emphasizing the areas of difficulty and the key issues that arise?

Essay Instructions: 'To gain a competitive edge, many organisations in the high tech. sector now focus on quality and cycle time by employing JIT (Just in Time). As a result, a traditional accounting system may not be appropriate. They now have to focus on the value of controlling non-financial performance as a key to improving productivity (delivery).'

Discuss, using actual situations in your organization, or others that you are familiar with, to illustrate how quality, cycle time and productivity are related.


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Essay Instructions: With reference to research, explain and evaluate the Total Quality Management techniques and processes deployed at Toyota; with consideration of the level of success they have achieved.
Should inclouding kaizan, just in time, Total quality management, bench marketing and quality control.
Understand the ways in which quality assurance processes are used to improve business performance.
Evaluate the strategies for improvement within business and their relative merits.
Critically analyse the forces for change operating in the business context, the means used to implement them and how to assess their success.