Lean and Mean
Quality
M.E.T.H.O.D. Man
3 letter acronyms
Walk the Path
100

Lean production aims to decrease _______ and increase ______, which leads to reduced costs

What are waste and efficiency?

100

Training cost and reduced productivity

What are disadvantages of Quality Assurance/ Management?

100

This method of production is not just for playdough...it can actually be seen in any Pizza shop.

What is Job Production?

100

JIT vs JIC

What is "just in time" vs "just in case"?

100

Design, Improve, Repeat....

What is Kaizen?

200

Along with Kanban, Kaizen, and Andan this country is responsible for a host of quality management innovations.

What is Japan?

200

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

200

These are 3 methods of quality management

What are quality circles, benchmarking, and TQM?

200

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"?

200

This can be used by project managers to gain an overview of:

  • the tasks involved in a project
  • how long each task is expected to take
  • the order in which the tasks need to be done

What is Critical Path Analysis?

300

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?

300

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

300

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?

300

WIP

What is "work in progress"?

300

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

400

When a company raises money from the public for the first time, it has this type of offering

What is an initial public offering?

400

Although possible, this method of production is not usually associated with high quality, high priced products.

What is mass/flow production?

400

May have higher production costs than mass production; Less flexibility and variety than job production

What are disadvantages of batch production?

400

ISO

What is the International Organisation for Standardisation?

400

If an activity has this, it can be delayed while allowing the project to be completed on time.

What is Total Float?

500

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 ..?

500

These are 4 features of a 'Quality' product or service

What are fit for purpose, image, durability, safety, etc?

500

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?

500

NPS

What is "Net Promoter Score"?

500

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?

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