Reducing batch size always increases flow rate

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True or false

1. Reducing batch sizes always decreases flow times

2. In a pull system, the downstream station authorizes the upstream station to work

3. Increasing batch sizes at a process step always increases capacity for that step

4. Reducing batch size always increases flow rate.

5. Waiting time in queue increases exponentially with the coefficient of variation of processing times

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