Lean Culture
8 Wastes/5 Rules
Gemba Boards/
Ideas Boards
5S
Change Management
Ohno Circles/
Gemba Walks
100

The acronym/scientific method used for continuous improvement

What is PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act)

100

Idle time for equipment, material, people, or information

What is waiting?

100

The board that displays metrics and identify waste/barriers

What is a Gemba board?

100

5S reduces inventory, motion, defects, and overprocessing, which are 4 of the 8 (blank).

What are wastes?

100

This visual represents this model in change management 

  

What is the personal transition model?

100

This go see technique is always done with silent observation

What is an Ohno Circle?

200

This fundamental Lean Principle (one of five) is demonstrated when you discuss successes, failures, and lessons learned

What is Reflection?

200

Rule #2: All work shall be highly specified as to content, sequence, timing, and outcome ; emphasizes this aspect of Lean

What is standard work?

200

The board that tracks employee ideas from submission through implementation

What is an Ideas board?

200

In this step of 5S a team establishes what is needed and not needed

What is Sort?

200

The key to managing resistance

What is communication (telling and listening plans)

200

This go see technique always follows a workflow or value-stream looking for waste and barriers

What is a Gemba walk?

300

DAILY DOUBLE

This fundamental Lean Principle (one of five) is demonstrated when you identify opportunities that can addressed with Kaizens or RIPs

What is Intolerance of Waste?

300

Searching for documents on content server or your personal drive represents this waste category

What is motion? 

300

The person(s) on the team responsible for facilitating a Gemba board meeting

Who is everyone except the manager or supervisor?

300

When a team does the straighten step in 5S, this is the key phrase used to describe actions.

What is "a place for everything, and everything in its place"? 

300

The person you want to engage to help motivate others to join

Who is the first follower?

300

During a Gemba walk you are walking a process and engaging with team members by asking questions and looking for this in the process?

What is waste and barriers?

400

This visual represents this cultural aspect of Lean

What is the culture of waste elimination?

400

Rule #4: The pathway for every product and service must be simple and direct ; represents this aspect of Lean

What is flow (ideal state: single piece)?

400

On an idea board, this section is for ideas that can't be worked on right now but don't want to be forgotten

What is a Parking Lot?

400

The two hood benches in this visual, with pictures posted to show how the benches should be organized, reflect which "S" in the 5S process?

What is Standardize?

400

When problems arise the focus is on the "who" not the "why" in this cultural hurdle

What is a culture of blame?

400

Ohno Circles and Gemba Walks should be performed by these team members

ANYONE

500

The result when we reduce/eliminate waste

What is increased velocity and capacity?

500

Workarounds

What is over processing?

500

Organizational pillars that help determine Gemba board metrics

What are people, quality, delivery, and cost?

500

Using a schedule and a form to assess an area that has gone through a 5S, is this step in the process.

What is sustain?

500

Seen here is what critical aspect of change management? 

What are the 5 components of managing complex change?

500

"Having no problems is the biggest problem of them all." is a famous quote said by this founder of the Toyota Production System

Who is Taiichi Ohno?