Siemens manufacturing wanted to increase the efficiency of their turbine manufacturing process by implementing a lean-based methodology. In order to understand how best to do this, Siemens entered a 'learning partnership' with Toyota, where managers from Siemens would act as 'managers-for-a-week' at Toyota to learn about their lean manufacturing processes. This is an example of:
A)resourcing.
B)racing.
C)spying.
D)benchmarking.

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This is an example of benchmarking, where Siemens is learning from Toyota's best practices to improve their own processes. The learning partnership involves observing and understanding how Toyota implements lean-based methodology, which Siemens can then apply to their own manufacturing process to increase efficiency.

Siemens Manufacturing Wanted to Increase the Efficiency of Their Turbine