The relentless elimination of waste in our processes.
What is Lean
100
A Product or service provided to the Customer at the Right Time and Place, at the an appropriate price as defined by that Customer
What is Customer Value
100
The time per unit in which units must be processed to meet customer demand and is the drum beat of the process.
What is takt time
100
The Five Steps in the DMAIC Process
What are Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control
100
These enable the area to immediately highlight abnormalities and expectations, and are used by team and leadership to view status of area
What are visual controls
200
These are the Seven Types of Waste
What are Correction, Overproduction, Movement of Material or Information, Motion of Employees, Waiting, Inventory, Processing (or COMMWIP)
200
The flow of material through all activities required to process and deliver value to your Customer
What is a Value Stream
200
The time required to execute all activities in a single process
What is cycle time
200
The 5 Whys and Fishbone Diagram are useful for finding this
What is Root Cause
200
A tool that helps you see and understand the flow of material and information as a product makes its way through the value stream
What is a Value Stream Map
300
The purpose is to create and maintain an organized, clean, safe and high-performance workplace
What is 5S (or 6S)
300
Customer (internal or external) is willing to pay for it
What is Value added
300
An analysis tool that follows and provides a measurement of the movement of an operator through their process
What is a spaghetti chart
300
A method to minimize the time spent in changing over from one process to another
Set Up Reduction or SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die)
300
Products proceed, one at a time through various operations without interruptions, back flow, or scrap.
What is single piece flow
400
The time accumulated processing a part that does not change the form, fit or function of the part like set-up, queues/waits, operator travel, and buying, etc.
What is NVA (Non-Value Added Time)
400
A Japanese term meaning Go See
What is Gemba
400
Total elapsed time from the start of a process to the end of the process.
What is Lead Time
400
A method of controlling the flow and quantity of resources by only replacing what is consumed
What is a pull system
400
A logical and disciplined organization of work procedures which assures the process is optimized in order to minimize waste
Standardized processes (or standard work)
500
The 5 Lean Thinking Principles
What are Specify Value, Map the Value Stream, Improve the Flow, Implement Pull and Pursue Perfection
500
A Japanese term for Waste
What is Muda
500
These should be specific, measureable, achieveable, realistic and timebound.
What are SMART Goals
500
A lean event when the actual implementation of change takes place. Term also used for daily small improvements