The cook in a fast-food restaurant knows that 2 hamburger patties and an order of fries should be started for each car that is waiting in line. This is best an example of

A) Lead time
B) Kanban
C) Push production
D) Kaizen
E) EOQ

Kanban is a scheduling system for lean manufacturing and just-in-time manufacturing (JIT). It signals the need to move materials within a production facility or to move materials from an outside supplier into the production facility. The scenario described fits the concept of Kanban because it involves starting production based on the demand signal (cars waiting in line), which is a key principle of Kanban - producing or supplying what is needed, when it's needed, and in the amount needed.