"Bread and Cars - Lean Production"

Theresa M. Odom

BUS 307

Donald Platine

April 20, 2015

Bread and Cars - Lean Production

In the case study of The Realco Breadmaster, Johnny Chang's company, has a new breadmaker and is concerned about productions and demand levels. After looking into the inventory levels, production schedule of 40,000 every two weeks, and current orders Johnny wondered about how orders were being met at this rate. Once Jack, the marketing manager, let Johnny know about the three week promise time like since they can fill nearly all orders within two weeks, we can see they are holding onto a lot of inventory every other week but still meeting demands without issue.

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