1. In establishing lean production, Toyota Motor Company developed a formula to determine the optimal number of kanbans that should be circulating in a single-card kanban loop. Which of the following pieces of data must be collected to utilize this formula?
a. the wholesale price of the inventory item
b. the retail price of the inventory item
c. the amount of workers participating in the loop
d. the demand rate for the inventory item
2. Lean production works best when used in conjunction with a _______ production strategy.
a. make-to-stock
b. level
c. chase demand
d. assemble-to-stock