It's about time
How frequently a product must be produced to meet the customers expectations
What is Takt Time?
A shorthand way of saying that there is no rank among team members
Process steps or activities that change a raw material or information into a product or process for which the customer is willing to pay
What is value add?
This waste ties up our cash in materials that are not making us money.
What is inventory?
This is the flow of materials that are yet to have value added to them
The amount of time it takes an operator to complete one full cycle of the process
What is Cycle Time?
This is what we say instead of "no, because..."
What is "yes, if..."
Nonessential steps or activities that increase process time and add cost rather than value
What is non-value add?
This waste occurs when we are moving (within a cell) and are not creating value
What is motion?
In this flow we understand what to do next and what is expected of us
What is information flow?
The amount of time it takes the machine to complete one cycle of the process
What is Machine Cycle Time?
We don't let this get in the way of "better"
What is perfect?
What is Kaizen?
Will also accept improve, make better, etc.
This waste occurs when we perform unnecessary work to a product or service
What is over processing?
The motion of an individual within a work cell
What is operator flow?
The amount of time that elapses from the last good part of one run to the first good part of the next run.
What is Set-up Time?
Will accept:
What is Change-Over Time?
We always reach for this before our wallet
What is the mind?
This is what we do with non-value add activities that are not necessary
What is eliminate immediately?
This waste results in scrap, rework, or customer dissatisfaction.
What is defects?
This is the flow of materials as they progress through value add processes
What is work in process flow?
The percent of planned time that a process runs
What is Uptime?
In Japanese it's the "real place" and it's where kaizen actually happens
What is Gemba?
This is what we do with non-value add activities that are necessary (for the business)
What is eliminate if possible or kaizen if not?
or, will accept:
What is kaizen?
This is the "Mother of All Wastes!"
What is over production?
This is the flow of problem solving
What is engineering flow?