Lean and Mean
Lean production aims to decrease _______ and increase ______, which leads to reduced costs
What are waste and efficiency?
Training cost and reduced productivity
What are disadvantages of Quality Assurance/ Management?
This method of production is not just for playdough...it can actually be seen in any Pizza shop.
What is Job Production?
JIT vs JIC
What is "just in time" vs "just in case"?
Design, Improve, Repeat....
What is Kaizen?
Along with Kanban, Kaizen, and Andan this country is responsible for a host of quality management innovations.
What is Japan?
This company has been infamous for it's quality issues in recent history
What is Boeing, Tesla, Pin Duo Duo (Temu) products? ...pupils own justified response
These are 3 methods of quality management
What are quality circles, benchmarking, and TQM?
This might involve a cultural change as it requires all employees to be involved with improving the quality of a company's goods or services
What is TQM; "Total Quality Management"?
This can be used by project managers to gain an overview of:
What is Critical Path Analysis?
A Black Belt with this certification can earn more than $100,000 per year by implementing lean production strategies in an organisation.
What is Six Sigma?
These are 3 themes that could be used when writing about the impact of Quality management on an organisation.
What are Benefits of improved quality, impacts on productivity, and costs? ...long-run vs short-run, change management, etc
In the biological cycle, biodegradable raw materials are used. The technical cycle however, focuses on the ideas of reuse and recycling.
What is Cradle to Cradle design and manufacturing?
WIP
What is "work in progress"?
EST of the next activity - duration - EST of the current activity.
What is free float? ...the amount of time an activity can be delayed without delaying the start of the next activity
When a company raises money from the public for the first time, it has this type of offering
What is an initial public offering?
Although possible, this method of production is not usually associated with high quality, high priced products.
What is mass/flow production?
May have higher production costs than mass production; Less flexibility and variety than job production
What are disadvantages of batch production?
ISO
What is the International Organisation for Standardisation?
If an activity has this, it can be delayed while allowing the project to be completed on time.
What is Total Float?
These are four types of waste in the production process as identified by Toyota
What are
Transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, over-processing, over-production, defects ..?
These are 4 features of a 'Quality' product or service
What are fit for purpose, image, durability, safety, etc?
Want to order a new Mustang? Fortunately, it can be somewhat unique do the production method of this company. Also known for the creation of the assembly line.
What is Ford?
NPS
What is "Net Promoter Score"?
A key is necessary when drawing a network diagram. It should include these elements.
What are indicators of the critical path, sample node, EST, and LFT?