Smart Factories and Supply Chains: teacher key

Factories, grade 12 edition, written for 12th grade and up. From water wheels to sensors: what a factory is now, and the networks that feed it.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

What does the fourth industrial revolution connect?
- Horses with plows
- Machines with sensors, data, AI and cloud systems (answer)
- Boats with sails
What can predictive maintenance do?
- Stop all repairs
- Slow production
- Fix machines before they fail (answer)
What are Toyota's two pillars?
- Jidoka and Just-in-Time (answer)
- Steam and coal
- Wages and bells
Why is a supply chain more than a straight chain?
- It has one supplier
- It is a rope
- It is a complex, dynamic network of supply and demand (answer)
What does the word logistics mean here?
- Painting walls
- Moving and storing goods (answer)
- Making toys