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Lean
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Graphical Analysis
Project Selection
100

Any person or organization that receives a product or service (Output) from our work activities (Process).

Who is Customer

100

Another word for Non-Value Add Activities.

What is waste?

100

The phase that ensures the new process is measured.

What is Control?

100

This diagram shows that 80% of the problem.

What is the Pareto Chart?

100

The phase in which management or others determine that there is a problem.

What is recognition?

200

The expression of customer needs and desires.

What is the Voice of the Customer (VOC)?

200

Available Minutes for Production / Required Units of Production (Customer Demand).

What is Takt Time?

200

The recommended first tool to use in the Measure phase.

What is process map?

200

Demonstrates the entire current process including cycle time and lead time.

What is a Current State Value Stream Map?

200
This defines what should be happening.
What is the Problem Statement?
300

Types of customers

What is internal and external?

300

A Japanese term that means "mistake-proofing". A mechanism in a lean manufacturing process that helps an equipment operator avoid mistakes.

What is Poka Yoke?

300

In the Analyze Phase, the process to determine the key elements affecting a process?

What is root cause analysis?

300

Visual management of a process that shows all of the steps and decision points.

What is a process map?

300

The chart used for the primary metric to define the problem.

What is a Time Series Chart?

400

Process expectations to ensure that customer expectations regarding an aspect of a product or service (e.g., quality, speed, etc.) are met.

What is Critical to Qualtiy (CTQ)'s?

400

The waste that results in bottlenecks.

What is Inventory?

400

The problem statement is created in this phase.

What is the Define phase?

400

A graph that shows a process over time.

What is a run chart?

400

This establishes the base from which to calculate the potential financial or strategic benefits of the project as a function of the amount of improvement gained.

What is the performance baseline?

500

Popular method to gather customer requirements that is often no representative of the population

What are surveys?

500

The five S's of a 5S (In order).

What are Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain?

500

The phase that most people jump to without understanding the problem.

What is the Improve Phase?

500

The number of sigma's where there are 3.4 defects per million opportunities.

What is 6sigma?

500

This role defines the scope of the project.

Who is the Black Belt (corporate) or Green Belt (department) - or both?

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