This is the Japanese term for 'Improvement" or 'Good Change.'
What is Kaizen?
100
A term used for products that we produce but have to throw out due to defects.
What is Scrap?
200
I fill this form out when I have a safety improvement suggestion.
What is the Hazard Control / Continuous Improvement Form?
or
What are the Yellow Sheets?
200
The personnel responsible for successful 6S throughout the plant.
Who is Everyone?
200
This necessary downtime activity can be improved with SMED events, time studies, spaghetti diagrams and with the involvement of everyone at the production line.
What is a Changeover?
200
MUDA, in Japanese, is the term for these 7 deadly manufacturing pitfalls. Overproduction, Inventory, Waiting, Motion, Transportation, Rework and Over Processing.
What is Waste or the 7 Deadly Wastes of Manufacturing?
200
I would get these employees involved as soon as I discover a quality discrepancy in the products I am producing.
Who are the Quality Assurance Auditors and my Supervisor?
300
This group activity will help us reduce strains, pulls and muscle aches. It is also a good muscle warm up.
What is the Pre-Shift Stretching Program?
300
At the end of my shift, I should make sure everything is put back into place. Tools should go back on this type of board which shows where the tools belong and highlights missing tools.
What is a Shadow Board?
300
The acronym for Total Productive Maintenance. This is an all hands approach to increasing up time and identifying potential quality issues before they occur.
What is TPM?
300
This type of diagram, which is created from watching the current state of a process, can be used to identify the waste of movement in a process.
What is a Spaghetti Diagram?
300
The Statistical Process Control (SPC) software that NUK employs to monitor and control our production processes.
What is Zontec or Synergy by Zontec?
400
This is our #1 Priority and Goal.
What is Safety? or What are zero recordable or lost time injuries?
400
Typically, 5S is used in continuous improvement. NUK has added this sixth 'S'.
What is Safety?
400
This is set at validation of a production run and must be met in order to achieve the OEE of a production line?
What is Standard Rate?
400
This basic lean "commandment" instructs us to correct opportunities using ideas, tools or equipment that is already available rather than spending new money on it.
What is creativity versus capital?
400
To continuously improve our ability to provide consumers with safe, effective, high quality products that comply with regulatory requirements.
What is the NUK Quality Policy?
500
A narrowly avoided collision or other accident involving a PIV.
What is a near-miss?
500
This is the most difficult step in 6-S. It requires all personnel to be actively involved and follow the best practice guidelines.
What is Sustain?
500
Availability x Performance x Quality or in other words;
Operating Time / Planned Production Time
times
Theoretical Cycle Time / Actual Cycle Time
times
Good Pieces / Total Pieces
How is OEE calculated?
500
When everyone is involved in Lean Concepts, CI events, communication with each other and other departments, and a total commitment to continuous improvement, we all win. The definition of this term is; The combined action of a group of people, especially when effective and efficient.
What is Teamwork?
500
The person ultimately responsible for ensuring that the products they are producing are within the quality specifications of the product.