Companies use ISO 9000 and TQM practices to improve both _________.
What is Quality and Profits
An important measuring tool in manufacturing because it can easily be carried in a pocket and provides quick measurements and approximate dimensions
What is a Machinist's Rule
The process companies use to set goals and strive towards progressively increasing the quality in their product?
What is Continuous Improvement
The appropriate ______?_____ shoud be stored in a safe location after an order is shipped
Documentation
The discrimination, which is the smallest graduation or increment of a measuring instrument
What is Resolution
Reduced variation, minimized defects, shortened cycle time, and the "performance" of product as viewed by the customer ______?
What is Product Quality
Statistic is calculated by dividing the # of parts produced by the # of hours worked?
What is Labor productivity
Names of elements used in the implementation of "Just in Time" (JIT)
What is Kaizen, Kanban, and 5S
What must be done to convert feet to millimeters?
Convert feet to inches, then convert the inches to millimeters by multiplying by 25.4
1 in. = 25.4 mm
Joseph M. Juran, W. Edwards Deming, and C. Phillip Crosby contributed to the various approaches of __________.
TQM, Total Quality Management
Decision making factors to Run to failure or Shut-down to fix.
What is Personnel Safety and Equipment/Asset Protection
If a box that weighs 27.3 kg, it weighs 60 pounds. The conversion is a fraction, written as 1 kg/___ lbs.
What is 2.205 lbs.
1 kg/2.206 lbs
The quality management system that dedicates a full time team to solving problems is called a __________ QMS.
What is Six Sigma
Documenting repeatable setups is performed at what step of the process
What is First Piece Inspection
Products of a good quality assurance system provide what benefit?
What is Reduced cost OR Increased value
What frequency of quality and equipment checks is recommended to measure product quality?
What is Daily Quality Checks
In quality measurements, quality, condition, or fact of being exact defines
What is Precision
The systematic way to eliminate activities that do not add value to the product in all processes from customer order to delivery is called
Lean Manufacturing
An action taken by the observer when there is an increase in the number of defective parts produced by a machine
What is "report to Supervisor"
A commonly accepted list of lines used to communicate the shape and detail of a part
What is the Alphabet of Lines
A flat plane that is perpendicular to the direction of a measurement
What is the Reference Plane