Quality
A product that does not meet its required specifications has this.
What is a defect?
The first step of 5S removes unnecessary items from the workplace.
What is Sort?
This equipment protects your eyes, ears, hands, or feet while working.
What is PPE?
Lean manufacturing focuses on delivering customer value while reducing this.
What is waste?
The first action an operator should take after noticing an abnormal condition.
What is Stop, Call, Wait
This document explains the correct steps and requirements for completing a job.
What is a work instruction
This 5S step gives every needed item a clearly identified location.
What is Set in Order?
Before clearing a jam, this process prevents equipment from unexpectedly starting.
What is lockout/tagout?
This Japanese word means continuous improvement through small, ongoing changes.
What is kaizen?
This tool repeatedly asks the same question to move from a symptom toward a root cause.
What are the Five Whys?
This inspection confirms that the first part produced meets requirements before production continues.
What is IPIS-A
Walking to find tools or materials is this type of waste.
Walking to find tools or materials is this type of waste.
An event that caused no injury but could have caused one is called this.
What is a near miss?
This visual signal tells a process when to produce or replenish material.
What is kanban?
This diagram organizes possible causes into categories such as people, machine, material, and method.
What is a fishbone or cause-and-effect diagram?
When a defect is discovered, this action prevents additional questionable material from moving forward.
What is Stop, Call, Wait
Producing more parts than the customer currently needs is this type of waste.
What is overproduction?
This safety control physically separates an employee from a machine hazard.
What is a machine guard or barrier?
This system allows an operator to signal or stop production when an abnormality is found.
What is andon?
A temporary action used to protect the customer while the cause is investigated is called this.
What is containment?
This quality method prevents an incorrect part from being installed or a process step from being missed.
What is a poka-yoke
Name the 5 S's of 5S
Sort, Shine, Set in Order, Sustain, Standardize
An abnormal machine or material condition should prompt what reaction from the operator?
Stop, Call, Wait Policy
This is the maximum time allowed to produce one unit and still meet customer demand.
What is takt time?
This is the underlying reason a problem occurred and must be addressed to prevent it from returning.
What is the root cause?