In response to the problems with mass production,Toyota's engineer Ohno Taiichi looked for ways to make shorter production runs economical.Which of the following is a result of the techniques he used?

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Small production runs eliminated the need to hold large inventories,thereby reducing warehousing costs.Small product runs and the lack of inventory meant that defective parts were produced only in small numbers and entered the assembly process immediately.This reduced waste and helped trace defects back to their source to fix the problem.

In Response to the Problems with Mass Production,Toyota's Engineer Ohno