Within the health-care sector the ________ ________ Portability and Accountability Act requires that health-care providers, insurance companies, and payment clearinghouses adopt standardized processes for electronic payments and claims

Linearity in a lean environment means:

A) statistical process control. B) eliminate all idle time. C) produce small lot sizes. D) each day achieve the plan, no more or less. E) plan level schedules.

All of the political factors can give managers further insights into the opportunities and risks facing a particular industry EXCEPT:

A) favorable tax changes or incentives in the industry. B) pending and new government relations. C) nature and intensity of competition. D) demographic changes in the population.