Question

Good reasons to reduce your setup times in a factory are: (Choose all that apply)

A down machine has no output.
Throughput increases after a machine change-over.
Setup times are constant and cannot be controlled.
Long setup times create additional inventory.

Answer 1

A down machine has no output.

D. Long setup times create additional inventory.

Step-by-step explanation:

• A good reason to reduce the setup of the factory is to save time when the machinery has no output and to stop the creation of wastage by reduced inventory costs and short interval gaps in the system.

• As setup time consumes most of the time needs d to have a good product and in a high production system the amount of the repetitive works results in a great amount of the lead time.