A German word for musical meter, that also refers to pacing work accroding to customer demand
What is takt time
100
A philosophy in which similar parts are grouped into families and processes required to make the parts are arranged in a specialized work cell
What is Group technology
100
An integrated set of activities designed to achieve high volume production using minimum inventories of raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods
What is Lean Production
100
A schedule that pulls material into final assembly at a constant rate
What is level schedule
100
Necessary items are kept in a work area that there is a place for everything
What is Upgrade house keeping
200
A mistake that is recovered down the line that traces sed mistake back to the original worker who committed sed mistake
What is loop back
200
The Toyota production system was developed to...
What is to improve quality and productivity
200
The final stage before a product reaches its customers in a lean production pull system
What is Final Assembly
200
Define "Freeze Window"
What is the period of time during which the schedule is fixed and no further changes are possible
200
Guarentees first time production of consistent and uniform products and services
What is Upgrade Quality
300
Segregating easy applications resulting in dramatic increases in efficiency
What is balancing loads
300
An inventory or production control system that uses a signaling device to regulate flows
What is kanban pull system
300
The most significant production management approach of the past 50 years
What is lean or Just In Time production (JIT)
300
Involves periodic inspection and repair designed to keep a machine more reliable
What is preventative maintaince
300
Who derives demand pull scheduling
What is the customer
400
Scooters makes one cheeseburger when the customer orders it at that very moment and not a moment sooner/later. This is ____________ Production
What is Just-In-Time production (JIT)
400
A network of steps from beginning to end that provides the result for the customer and is used in eliminating waste in the process
What is value stream mapping
400
Name two of the 5 requirements of lean production
What is employee participation, industiral engineering/basics, continuing improvement, total quality control, small lot sizes
400
Backflush eliminates this element in the production process
What is shop floor data collection activity
400
A cooperative association of suppliers and customers working over a long term for mutual benefit
What is supplier networks
500
Problems that occur in inventory are often hidden by...
What is a high level of inventory
500
another word for uniform plant loading?
What is heijunka
500
The number one assumption that lean production assumes
What is a stable environment
500
To be lean everyone's got to be....
What is on the same page
500
Brittish Airways used quality circles as a fundamental part of its strategy to implement new service practices. This is an example of which successful applications