Question

Select each concept with its best description by selecting its letter in the dropdowns. Focuses on quality throughout the production process. Flexible product designs can be modified to accommodate customer choices. Every manager and employee constantly looks for ways to improve company operations. Reports on financial, social, and environmental performance. Inventory is acquired or produced only as needed.Just-in-time manufacturing 2. Continuous improvements 3. Customer orientation 4. Total quality management 5. Triple bottom line

Answer 1

Selection of Concept with its Best Description:

Concept Best Description

4. Total quality management Focuses on quality throughout the

production process

3. Customer orientation Flexible product designs can be modified

to accommodate customer choices.

2. Continuous improvements Every manager and employee constantly

looks for ways to improve company

operations.

5. Triple bottom line Reports on financial, social, and

environmental performance.

1. Just-in-time manufacturing Inventory is acquired or produced only

as needed.

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Just-in-time manufacturing reduces manufacturing flow times and suppliers' and customers' response times. The purpose is to reduce waste and continuously improve operations.

2. Continuous improvement is a business approach that focuses on incremental or breakthrough improvement of processes, services, or products.

3. Customer orientation: An organization that has customer orientation focuses on the customer first and tries to satisfy the customer before meeting its own needs.

4. Total quality management: This is a management strategy whereby all members of the organization improve customer services, processes, products, and organizational culture in order to achieve long-term success.

5. Triple bottom line (TBL): To create greater business value, some organizations adopt the TBL performance evaluation framework, with a focus on social, environmental (or ecological) and financial performance.