A custom bicycle manufacturer, ‘Velocity Cycles’, aims to improve its operational efficiency and effectiveness using lean management strategies. They are experiencing bottlenecks in the painting stage, leading to delays and increased work-in-progress inventory. To address this specific bottleneck, which lean management strategy would be MOST relevant?
Pull, focusing on producing only when customer orders are received, regardless of bottlenecks in specific stages.
Takt, synchronising the painting stage with other stages to ensure a consistent production rate and reduce delays.
Zero defects, implementing rigorous quality checks after the painting stage to identify and rectify errors.
One-piece flow, moving multiple bicycle frames together through the painting stage to increase speed.
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