After reading this chapter, you should be able to: describe the five global sourcing arrangements appreciate the importance of the added costs of global sourcing understand the increasing role of electronic purchasing for global
sourcing understand the Japanese efforts to improve quality and lower costs know the just-in-time (JIT) production system comprehend the problems with JIT understand synchronous manufacturing identify the impediments to global standardization of production processes
and procedures understand the importance of intermediate and appropriate technology know the two general classes of activities, productive and supportive,
that must be
performed in all manufacturing systems | 
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