Wisconsin Site Cities
Operational Excellence
Operational Excellence Tools
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
Lean Tools
100

On what UW University is the Robert F. Cervenka School of Engineering located

What is the UW- Stout Polytechnic

100

This is an Operational Excellence system to "Run" the Business as a closed loop process, creating process focus and driving improvements.  Sites have multiple Tiers.  

What is Tiered Daily Management

100

______ is a Japanese term meaning "the actual place," referring to the location where value is created and work actually happens. Go See

What is GEMBA

100

True /False- COGS includes all expenses directly tied to the production or acquisition of goods.

True  

100

6S is the foundation of Continuous Improvement.  "A place for everything and everything in its place" is a key output of what 'S"

What is Set in order

200

Fred Smith's Wisconsin Concrete Park is located in this Wisconsin City.

What is Phillips

200

An additional Operational Excellence system to "Run" the Business is based on the practice of planning, aligning, and continuously improving the end-to-end flow of value .

What is Value Stream Management

200

________ work is the documented best-known method for performing a task or process serving as a baseline for continuous improvement.

What is Standard Work

200

________ minus COGS = Gross profit

What is revenue

200

6S is _______% Cleaning and _________% Culture

What is 10% and 90%

300

This famous baseball player made their professional debut at Carson Park in Eau Claire.

Who is Hank Aaron

300

This is an Operational Excellence system to "Improve" the business based on methodology that combines eliminating waste and reducing process variation.

What is Lean/Six Sigma

300

__________ is an "Improve" tool focused on quick 3–4-day low-cost event focused on waste reduction, efficiency, and employee participation.

What is Kaizen or RIE Event

300

_________ overhead refers to costs that do not fluctuate with production volume.  An example is Depreciation.

What is Fixed Overhead.

300

This is the pace at which a product must be produced to meet customer demand.

What is Takt Time

400

A Cyclone hit this Wisconsin city on June 12, 1899, was one of the most devastating tornadoes in Wisconsin history and ranks as the nineth deadliest tornado in the US.

What is New Richmond WI

400

A Continuous Improvement process is an ongoing, systematic approach to enhancing processes, products, and services through small _________ changes that lead to long term improvements.

What is incremental

400

____________ Analysis is a widely used problem solving tool that helps distinguish the vital few causes. 80/20 rule

What is Pareto Analysis

400

__________ Overhead changes in direct proportion to production activity.  An example is Utilities.

What is Variable Overhead

400

Drum-Buffer-Rope is a method of synchronizing production to the constraint while minimizing inventory and work -in-process.  The _______ is the constraint.

What is Drum.

500

The Octagon House, built in 1855, is one of the oldest standing structures in Wisconsin and a marvel of 19th-century engineering.  In which Wisconsin city is this located

What is Hudson Wi

500

This is an Operational Excellence system to "Transform" the Business by identifying and working with NPI before production launch.

What is Early Operational Excellence

500

This matrix is utilized at sites to develop CIP pipeline by prioritize tasks or initiatives by comparing their potential impact against the effort required to implement them.

What is Ease-Impact Matrix

500

What component of COGS is not in the Standard COGS?

What is Freight and Duty

500

List 6 of the 8 Wastes of Manufacturing.  DOWNTIME

D- Defects O- Overproduction W- Waiting N- Non- Utilized Talent T- Transportation I- Inventory M- Motion E- Extra Processing