Lean Culture
8 Wastes/5 Rules
Gemba Boards/
Ideas Boards
Standard Work
Ohno Circles/
Gemba Walks
100

The acronym/scientific method used for continuous improvement

What is PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act)

100

Idle time for equipment, material, people, or information

What is waiting?

100

The board that displays metrics and identify waste/barriers

What is a Gemba board?

100

The acronym used for standard work, similar to the acronym/scientific method used for continuous improvement

What is SDSA (standardize, do, study, adjust)?

100

This go see technique is always done with silent observation

What is an Ohno Circle?

200

This fundamental Lean Principle (one of five) is demonstrated when you discuss successes, failures, and lessons learned

What is Reflection?

200

Rule #2: All work shall be highly specified as to content, sequence, timing, and outcome ; emphasizes this aspect of Lean

What is standard work?

200

The board that tracks employee ideas from submission through implementation

What is an Ideas board?

200

Technical steps needed to change fit, form, function of the sample are found in this

What is a standard operating procedure (SOP)?

200

This go see technique always follows a workflow or value-stream looking for waste and barriers

What is a Gemba walk?

300

This fundamental Lean Principle (one of five) is demonstrated when you identify non-value added activities that can addressed with Kaizens or RIEs

What is Intolerance of Waste?

300

Searching for documents on content server or your personal drive represents this waste category

What is motion? 

300

The person(s) on the team responsible for facilitating a Gemba board meeting

Who is everyone except the manager or supervisor?

300

Materials, resources, and information needed for a process, are parts of which component of a SIPOC?

What is Inputs?

300

During a Gemba walk you are walking a process and engaging with team members by asking questions and looking for this in the process?

What is waste and barriers?

400

This visual represents this cultural aspect of Lean

What is the culture of waste elimination?

400

Rule #4: The pathway for every product and service must be simple and direct ; represents this aspect of Lean

What is flow (ideal state: single piece)?

400

On an idea board, this section is for ideas that can't be worked on right now but don't want to be forgotten

What is a Parking Lot?

400

Products or services created by a process are part of which component in SIPOC?

What is outputs?

400

Ohno Circles and Gemba Walks should be performed by these team members

ANYONE

500

The result when we reduce/eliminate waste

What is increased velocity and capacity?

500

Workarounds

What is over processing?

500

Organizational pillars that help determine Gemba board metrics

What are people, quality, delivery, and cost?

500

Work is easier and safer.  When standards are in place, balance between steps is easier to implement and maintain.  These statements describe standard work impact on this organizational pillar.  

What is People?

500

"Having no problems is the biggest problem of them all." is a famous quote said by this founder of the Toyota Production System

Who is Taiichi Ohno?

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