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Assuming that you were hired as process engineer in a manufacturing company. Upon reporting for work, you noticed that some chain drive equipment are having too much slack. Adjusting the slack by stopping the equipment would be detrimental to the achievement of production target. You decided to have it corrected when the company goes into its scheduled preventive maintenance shutdown. What improvements would you do to correct and prevent this problem from happening? Explain your answer.

Assuming that you were hired as process engineer in a manufacturing company. Upon reporting for work, you noticed that some chain drive equipment are having too much slack. Adjusting the slack by stopping the equipment would be detrimental to the achievement of production target. You decided to have it corrected when the company goes into its scheduled preventive maintenance shutdown. What improvements would you do to correct and prevent this problem from happening? Explain your answer.

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Assuming that you were hired as process engineer in a manufacturing company. Upon reporting for work, you noticed that some chain drive equipment are having too much slack. Adjusting the slack by stopping the equipment would be detrimental to the achievement of production target. You decided to have it corrected when the company goes into its scheduled preventive maintenance shutdown. What improvements would you do to correct and prevent this problem from happening? Explain your answer.
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