Question

You are the Chief Operating Officer for a company that manufactures medical-grade face masks. The CEO of the company has asked you to recommend which of the lean production methods we should use as a result of the huge increase in demand for our masks. Include in your recommendation a good name for our company and be sure to address several arguments and counter-arguments.

Answer 1

Two questions have been asked in the above question. These questions along with its answers are as follows-

Q.1-Which of the lean production methods we should use as a result of the huge increase in demand for our masks.

Ans- In order to meet the sudden increase in demand for the masks, as a Chief Operating Officer, I would like to recommend to my CEO to use KANBAN lean production method. As KANBAN lean production method helps in producing effectively only those products which are being demanded by the customers in huge quantity and only produce the demanded goods and nothing else. It also helps in production scheduling and the right quantity of production in a timely manner which is very much necessary to fulfill the sudden increase of any product which happens to be the face masks in our case. The benefits of the KANBAN lean production method include improved production efficiency, increased productivity, reduction in waste, flexibility, etc.

Q.2.- Recommend a good name for our company.

Ans- The name of a company should be easy to remember, related to the product it produces and should have a positive meaning. Hence, considering these things in mind, for a mask manufacturing company the best name would be " Disposable Face Mask Industries".