supply chain basics {Ans: Focus on People, Competitive Priorities, Measuring Success, Maximizing Value, Productivity}push system {Ans: Inventory is "pushed toward the consumer in anticipation of consumer demand}Recap of supply chain basics {Ans: Focus on People, Competitive Priorities, Measuring Success, Maximizing Value, Productivity}Lean manufacturing and Japan {Ans: JIT is an american philosophy that japan adapted. Japan has limited space and limited values.}scm goals and trade-offs {Ans: Time Amount of Automation? Maximum Output/Capacity Required? Line Balancing, Bottlenecks, Lead Times Flexibility Volume flexibility vs. Customization flexibility? Automation and/or Workforce Capabilities - Postponement Quality Consistency and High Performance - Training, Automation Jidoka - Everyone is Responsible for Quality Cost Inventory, Defects, Loss, Damage, Labor, Facilities, Packaging... Product, Service, Support system}back-end {Ans: not visible to costumer}