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Gemba Kaizen

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1. A Japanese word meaning 'real place' - now adapted in management terminology to mean the 'workplace' or that place where value is added.






2. Aims at maximizing equipment effectiveness throughout the entire life of the equipment. TPM involved everyone in all departments and at all levels; it motivates people for plant maintenance through small-group and autonomous activities - and involves






3. A set of the most practical reminders in implementing kaizen in gemba: (1)Go to gemba when problems arise; (2)check gembutsu; (3)take temporary measures on the spot; (4)find and eliminate the root cause; and (5)standardize to prevent recurrence.






4. A best way to do the job - namely - a set of policies - rules - directives - and procedures established by management for all major operations - which serve as guidelines that enable all employees to perform their jobs to assure good results.






5. The theoretical time it takes to produce a piece of product ordered by the customer - as determined by dividing the total production time by the number of units to be produced.






6. Only one work piece is allowed to flow from process to process to minimize muda in a JIT production system.






7. An interdepartmental management activity to realize QCD.






8. One of the basic pillars of just-in-time production system. In the flow production - machines are arranged in the order of processing so that the work piece flows between processes without interruption and stagnation.






9. Major systems that must be established to attain a world class status. TQM - JIT production system - TPM - Policy deployment - Suggestion system - Small-group activities.






10. Standardize-Do-Check-Act - the basic steps to be followed to maintain the current status.






11. Refers to the specific man hours it takes to process one unit of product in a given process and is calculated by multiplying the number of workers involved in the process by the actual time it takes to complete the process - and dividing that by the






12. An affirmative indication or judgement that a product or service has met the requirements of a relevant specification - contract - or regulation.






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14. A graphical tool for ranking causes from the most significant to the least significant. The Pareto principle (80:20) suggests that 80 percent of effects come from 20 percent of the possible causes. The Pareto chart is one of the seven basic tools of






15. Jishu kanji means autonomous management in Japanese and refers to workers' participation in kaizen activities as part of their daily activities under the guidance of the line manager.






16. The actual time taken by an operator to process a piece of product






17. An optimum combination of man - machine - and material. The three elements of standardized work are take time - work sequence - and standard work-in-process.






18. A daily routine at gemba that involved examining rejects made the previous day before the work begins so that countermeasures can be adopted as soon as possible - based on gemba-gembutsu principles.






19. Refers to the practice of anticipating danger in advance and taking steps to avoid it.






20. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis is an an analytical tool used to predict and eliminate in advance any potential design defect in new product by analyzing the effects of failure modes of component parts on the final product performance.






21. The tangible objects found at gemba such as work pieces - rejects - jigs and tools - and machines.






22. A device that stops a machine whenever a defective product is produced.






23. A standardized problem-solving procedure to be used at each level of organization. Kaizen story has eight steps: (1)select a project - (2)understand current situations and set objectives - (3)analyze data to identify root causes - (4)establish counte






24. Japanese word meaning irregularity or variability.






25. A chart with upper and lower control limits on which values of some statistical measures for a series of samples or subgroups are plotted. The chart frequently shows a central line to help detect a trend of plotted values toward either control limit.






26. The top management must make certain that all levels of the com pay work to achieve Quality - Cost - and Delivery. The ultimate goal is to realize QCD simultaneously - but first of all - priority must be established among the three - quality always b






27. Japanese word meaning strain and difficulty.






28. A system designed to achieve the best possible quality - cost - and delivery of products and services by eliminating all kinds of muda in a company's internal processes and deliver products just-in-time to meet customer's requirements.






29. When used in the contact of QCD - the word cost usually refers to cost management - and not cost cutting. Cost management refers to managing various resources properly - and eliminating all sort of muda in such a way that the overall cost goes down.






30. A diagram to show causes (process) and the effect (result). The diagram is used to determine the real cause(s) and is one of seven basic tools of problem solving.






31. Gauge measurements against requirements






32. Examining tangible objects in gemba when attempting to determine the root cause of problems.






33. One of the basic requirements of a JIT production system. THe previous process produces only as many products as are consumed by the following process.






34. The first principle of gemba kaizen. This is a reminder that whenever abnormality occurs - or whenever a manager wishes to know the current state of operations - he or she should go to gemba right away - since gemba is a source of all information.






35. Teamwork - Personal discipline - Improved morale - Quality circles - Suggestions for improvement






36. A communication tool in the just-in-time system whenever a batch production is involved. A kanban - which means a sign board in Japanese - is attached to a given number of parts or products in the production line - instructing the delivery of a given






37. The three major resources to be managed in gemba - manpower - material - and machine.

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38. A principle related to occurrence ratio of accidents with injuries. Heinrich expressed the ratio as follows: Serious injury:minor injury:no injury = 1:29:300. This equation expresses that when you see 1 person who was seriously injured by an accident

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39. In Japan - the suggestion system is a highly integrated part of individual-oriented kaizen. The Japanese-style suggestions systems emphasizes morale-boosting benefits and positive employee participation over the economic and financial incentives that






40. A method for cost reduction; it aims at reducing material and component costs at the upstream stages of designing and design reviews and involves cross-functional collaborations of product design - production engineering - quality assurance - and man






41. Failure Tree Analysis is used to analyze and avoid in advance any safety and reliability problems by identifying cause-and-effect relationships and probability of problems by using the tree diagram.






42. Kaizen and management; Process versus result; Following the PDCA/SDCA; Putting quality first; Speaking with data; Treating the next process as the customer.






43. A method for managing resources in gemba - specifically those know as '5M' - manpower - machine - material - method - and measurement.

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44. Plan-Do-Check-Act - the basic steps to be followed in making continual improvement.






45. An effective management method to provide information and gembutsu in a clearly visible manner to both workers and managers so that the current state of operations and the target for kaizen are understood by everybody. It also helps people to identif






46. The opposite of pull production. The previous process produces as much as it can without regard for to the actual requirements of the next process and sends them to the next process whether there is a need or not.






47. The scare report is a written form from a worker to a supervisor that reports a condition that is unsafe and could lead to quality problems and/or accident.






48. The application of statistical techniques to control quality. Often used interchangeably with statistical process control - but includes acceptance sampling as well as statistical process control.






49. A form of root cause analysis in which the user asks 'why' to a problem and its answer up to five (if needed) successive times






50. Standardize an operation and activities







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