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Ch 30 5.3 Lean production and quality management (HL): complete notes

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Topics in this chapter

1. What you must be able to do
2. Lean production AO1
3. Kaizen (continuous improvement)
4. Just-in-time (JIT) AO2
5. Cradle to cradle design and manufacturing AO2
6. Quality control and quality assurance AO2
7. The cost of quality
8. Methods of managing quality AO2
9. Impact of lean production and TQM AO3
10. National and international quality standards AO2
11. Applying 5.3 to a case: how to write the answer

“I can” checklist: what you must be able to do

• I can describe the features of lean production: less waste and greater efficiency.
• I can explain kaizen and JIT, with advantages and risks.
• I can explain the features of cradle to cradle design and manufacturing.
• I can distinguish quality control from quality assurance and calculate the cost of quality.
• I can explain quality circles, benchmarking and TQM.
• I can evaluate the impact of lean production and TQM on an organization.
• I can explain why national and international quality standards matter.
• I can use case figures (defect rate, stock value, cost of quality) in a judgement.

What is inside the full chapter notes

• Concept notes with 7 worked examples (all numbers checked)
• Diagrams: waste chart, kaizen cost curve, JIT stock, PDCA cycle, cost of quality
• Tools used: decision tree, descriptive statistics, circular business models
• Applying it to a case: AO2 and AO3 paragraphs
• Common mistakes and a command-term "How to score" box
• 12 Quick-check questions, explained
• Paper 1 style case with Section A parts and a 10-mark Section B question
• Paper 2 style quantitative set, quick reference and "I can" checklist

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• Every syllabus statement covered in order, each marked SL or HL, with clear notes, tables and diagrams drawn for these notes
• Worked examples in every topic: calculations and model answers that show how to earn the marks
• Quick-check multiple-choice questions with explained answers, plus original Paper 1 (case study), Paper 2 (quantitative) and, for HL, Paper 3 (social enterprise) style questions with full mark schemes (no past-paper reprints)
• Common mistakes and a how-to-score command-term guide for every topic
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All chapters in this pack

1. Ch 1 1.1-1.2 The nature of business and types of business entity
2. Ch 2 1.3 Business objectives
3. Ch 3 1.4 Stakeholders
4. Ch 4 1.5 Growth and evolution
5. Ch 5 1.6 Multinational companies (MNCs)
6. Ch 6 2.1 Introduction to human resource management
7. Ch 7 2.2 Organizational structure
8. Ch 8 2.3 Leadership and management
9. Ch 9 2.4 Motivation and demotivation
10. Ch 10 2.5 Organizational (corporate) culture (HL)
11. Ch 11 2.6 Communication
12. Ch 12 2.7 Industrial and employee relations (HL)
13. Ch 13 3.1 Introduction to finance
14. Ch 14 3.2 Sources of finance
15. Ch 15 3.3 Costs and revenues
16. Ch 16 3.4 Final accounts
17. Ch 17 3.5 Profitability and liquidity ratio analysis
18. Ch 18 3.6 Efficiency ratio analysis (HL)
19. Ch 19 3.7 Cash flow
20. Ch 20 3.8 Investment appraisal
21. Ch 21 3.9 Budgets (HL)
22. Ch 22 4.1 Introduction to marketing
23. Ch 23 4.2 Marketing planning
24. Ch 24 4.3 Sales forecasting (HL)
25. Ch 25 4.4 Market research
26. Ch 26 4.5 The seven Ps of the marketing mix
27. Ch 27 4.6 International marketing (HL)
28. Ch 28 5.1 Introduction to operations management
29. Ch 29 5.2 Operations methods
30. Ch 30 5.3 Lean production and quality management (HL)
31. Ch 31 5.4 Location
32. Ch 32 5.5 Break-even analysis
33. Ch 33 5.6 Production planning (HL)
34. Ch 34 5.7 Crisis management and contingency planning (HL)
35. Ch 35 5.8 Research and development (HL)
36. Ch 36 5.9 Management information systems (HL)