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A method for removing all excess materials and tools from the workplace and organizing the required items using visual controls such that they are easy to find, use and maintain.
What is 5s?
A product/part that deviates from standard, does not meet customer expectations. Created by errors.
What is a "defect"?
Quick way to identify and eliminate wastes, making things easier, better, faster cheaper in that order.
What is "KAIZEN"?
To produce an item only when the customer asks for it. 4th of the 5 basic principles of Lean.
What is "PULL"?
11x17
What is an "A3"?
Method of evaluating a problem or question by asking this 5 times. Purpose is to get to the root cause of the problem, not just to address the symptoms.
What is the "5 Why's"
Manufacturing resource time lost between the production of the last good piece and the next good piece of the same product. Includes planned and unplanned work stoppages.
What is "downtime"?
Japanese term for any type of waste.
What is "MUDA"?
To produce an item irrespective of actual demand, creates overproduction waste.
What is "PUSH"?
An assembly line stop. A device that a worker can employ to stop the assembly line when a defect has been detected. Sign of respect not to pass defects to next worker in line. ex: flashing light to alert everyone a defect is found.
What is an "ANDON" signal?
Derived from the Toyota Production System, it defines non value adding (customer's perspective) steps or materials in a process. Think Tim Wood.
What are the "7 Wastes".
A group based improvement strategy that is targeted at eliminating defects and equipment abnormalities in production processes before they occur. Goal is to create devices that allow you to do your job 100% defect free 100% of the time.
What is "Error Proofing"?
A problem solving tool comprising a bar chart showing possible contributing factors in descending order; one of the 7 quality tools.
What is a "Pareto Chart"?
Teacher, one who has gone before.
What is "SENSEI"?
The pace of production synchronized with the rate of demand. clue: type of time.
What is "TAKT TIME"?
A philosophy by which individuals within an organization look for ways to always do things better. The gains made from this philosophy are generally incremental small-steps. In Japan, this is called KAIZEN.
What is "continuous improvement"?
A strategy that concentrates on making what is needed, when it is needed, no sooner, no later.
What is "Just in Time" (JIT) manufacturing?
Acronym used for Plan, Do, Check, Adjust (Act)
What is "PDCA"?
The best known agreed upon way of doing repetitive daily work processes. Without this, "there can be no kaizen."
What is a "STANDARD" or "STANDARDIZED WORK"?
!!! DAILY DOUBLE !!!
The #1 basic principle of Lean! 1st of the 5 basic principles.
What is "VALUE IN THE EYES OF THE CUSTOMER"?
Elapsed time from the beginning of a process to the completion of that process for the production of a single unit.
What is "cycle time"?
The Real Place, where the work actually happens.
What is the "GEMBA"?
Japanese word for mistake proofing; error-proofing. Any mechanism in any process that helps an operator avoid mistakes.
What is "Poke-Yoke"?
HOSHIN KANRI
What is the Japanese term for "STRATEGIC DEPLOYMENT"? (A companies strategic planning system.)
A diagram, that shows the series of steps required to bring a product or service to a customer. Usually performed to identify and eliminate unnecessary steps or to change sequence to improve the process.
What is "VALUE STREAM MAPPING"?