Types of Waste
This type of waste involves producing more than is needed.
What is Overproduction?
Lean focuses on delivering this to the customer
What is value?
This diagram looks like a fishbone.
What is a Cause-and-Effect Diagram (or Ishikawa)?
Ask this number of “whys” to dig deep into a problem.
What is 5?
This cycle is known as Plan-Do-Check-Act.
What is PDCA?
Unnecessary motion is an example of this type of waste.
What is Motion?
The process of identifying all steps in the value stream.
What is value stream mapping?
This Chart is Used to capture the sequence and time of each step in a “cycle of work” for each person .
What is a time observation sheet?
RCA often begins with a problem ___ statement.
What is a problem statement?
A method of workplace organization based on 5 Japanese words.
What is 5S
Inventory waste ties up these two key resources.
What are time and money?
A time-based chart that shows the sequence and duration of process steps.
Spaghetti diagram
Used to help visualize the balance of work
This tool uses 5 repetitions of the same question to get to the underlying cause of a problem.
What is 5 Why's
Employees suggest improvements through these.
What are suggestion boxes or improvement ideas?
Transport waste often results in this loss of product quality.
What is damage or spoilage?
Lean identifies this many types of waste.
what is 8 wastes
This tool will be used an input in the Effort balance chart
What is a time observation?
The principle that 80% of problems come from 20% of causes.
what is the pareto principle
CI encourages eliminating these kinds of activities.
What are non-value-added activities?
Defects lead to this type of waste.
What is rework
Lean uses this term to refer to continuous improvement.
What is Kaizen?
This chart is denoted by different symbols with different actions.
What is a flow chart?
Structured, systematic approach used in manufacturing (especially in lean or TPM environments) to identify, prioritize, and eliminate losses
Method for maintaining the standard when we are done improving it