QUALITY
This Toyota principle, meaning "continuous improvement," drives the company to constantly improve its processes and products.
What is Kaizen?
The word that is identified by the second “P” in PPE.
What is "Protective"?
The killer of productivity.
What is MUDA?
This term describes Toyota’s strategy of producing just what is needed, which reduces inventory costs and boosts profitability.
What is Just-In-Time (JIT) production?
This concept, used by Toyota to address potential quality issues immediately, involves employees stopping the production line when they detect a problem.
What is Andon?
Toyota's quality control method that focuses on identifying and fixing problems in production to ensure high-quality standards.
What is Jidoka?
Types of this PPE can be made of materials like cotton, nitrile, latex, and vinyl
What are safety gloves?
The proper picking procedure.
What is scan, pick, stick?
Toyota’s focus on this customer-centered approach, which includes quality, innovation, and reliability, has led to high customer loyalty and repeat purchases.
What is customer satisfaction?
Toyota’s focus on reducing waste and maximizing value is part of this type of manufacturing, which became famous for its role in Toyota’s quality control.
What is Lean Manufacturing?
Toyota’s manufacturing system that aims to eliminate waste and deliver maximum value to the customer.
What is Toyota Production System - TPS?
Must be completed before using Powered Equipment
What is pre-operational checklist?
This program can be used during the shift to track your performance.
What is the progress control board?
This popular Toyota vehicle model, known for fuel efficiency, helped Toyota capture market share and increase profits in the hybrid car segment.
What is Toyota Prius?
This Toyota practice, which involves employees physically going to the site of a problem to understand it fully, is a key part of their quality management.
What is Genchi Genbutsu (or "Go and See")?
This methodology, often associated with Toyota, is used to identify the root cause of a problem by asking a series of targeted questions.
What are the 5 Why's?
Toyota Safety initiative used when unsafe work conditions are observed
What is Stop-Call-Wait?
This is typically used in a warehouse or manufacturing setting to measure operational efficiency and productivity, where each 'line' represents a separate order or item to be picked and shipped.
What is lines per hour (LPH).
Toyota invests significantly in this field to ensure it remains competitive in future automotive technologies, which contributes to long-term profit growth.
What is Research and development (R&D)?
This term describes the exact location in a production process where a defect, error, or inefficiency occurs, allowing Toyota to address issues at their source and ensure higher quality standards. (example: verifying the pick label and manufacturing label part numbers match).
What is Point of Impact?
The theme for this year's Quality Month
What is Engage For Our Customer - Act for Our Future?
The organization responsible for the safety of all U.S. workers
Who is OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration)?
This is a calculation of the available production time divided by customer demand.
What is Takt time.
Toyota’s commitment to lean manufacturing and efficiency originated with this approach, which has become a model for businesses worldwide.
What is the Toyota Production System (TPS)?
Toyota employs this method to detect and analyze product defects, which involves tracing back through each process step to find the source of the problem.
What is Root Cause Analysis?