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Gemba Kaizen
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Flow Production
Quality
Total productive maintenance (TPM)
JK (jishu kanri)
2. 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
Three M's in gemba
Visual management
5 Kaizen Elements
One-piece flow
3. Examining tangible objects in gemba when attempting to determine the root cause of problems.
Five M's (5M)
4th Kaizen step
Delivery
Check gembutsu
4. 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.
Mura
Hiyari report
Control chart
2nd Kaizen step
5. Gauge measurements against requirements
Gembutsu
5 Kaizen Elements
Check gembutsu
3rd Kaizen step
6. An interdepartmental management activity to realize QCD.
Cross-funtional management
QCD
Cycle time
Ask why five times
7. An optimum combination of man - machine - and material. The three elements of standardized work are take time - work sequence - and standard work-in-process.
Kosu
Conformance
Standardized work
Total productive maintenance (TPM)
8. Muda (waste) - mura (irregularity) - and muri (strain).
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9. A Japanese word meaning 'real place' - now adapted in management terminology to mean the 'workplace' or that place where value is added.
3rd Kaizen step
Gemba
Heinrich's Law
2nd Kaizen step
10. 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.
Morning market
Pareto chart
Don't get it - don't make it - don't send it
1st Kaizen step
11. Quality improvement or self-improvement study groups composed of small number of employees (ten or fewer). This group voluntarily performs improvement activities within the workplace - carrying out its work continuously as a part of a companywide pro
Five S's (5S)
Quality circles
QF
Cost
12. An affirmative indication or judgement that a product or service has met the requirements of a relevant specification - contract - or regulation.
Conformance
One-piece flow
Morning market
1st Kaizen step
13. 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.
Control chart
Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram
Store room
Muri
14. When used in the contact of QCD - the word delivery refers to meeting both the delivery as well as the volume requirements of the customer.
5th Kaizen step
Gemba
FMEA
Delivery
15. The Japanese words referring to conventional perception of gemba - kiken (dangerous) - kitanai (dirty) - and kitsui (stressful) - in direct contrast to the idea of gemba being the place where real value is added and the source of ideas for achieving
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16. Quality Function Deployment is a management approach to identify customer requirements first - and then work back through the stages of design - engineering - production - sales - and after-service of products.
Cost
5th Kaizen step
QF
Five golden rules of gemba management
17. 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.
Muda
QCD
Jidhoka (autonomation)
Pull production
18. 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.
FMEA
Total quality control
QCD
5th Kaizen step
19. 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.
Takt time
2nd Kaizen step
Go to gemba
Statistical process control (SPC)
20. Teamwork - Personal discipline - Improved morale - Quality circles - Suggestions for improvement
Gembutsu
5 Kaizen Elements
Kaizen systems
Value analysis (VA)
21. The Japanese word meaning 'waste' which - when applied to management of the workplace - refers to a wide range of non-value-adding activities. In gemba - there are only two types of activities: value adding and non-value adding. Eight types of muda:
Muda
JIT (just-in-time)
Cross-funtional management
Standardization
22. 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
Muri
AQL
Kanban
Pull production
23. 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.
Go to gemba
Three M's in gemba
Total quality control
Total productive maintenance (TPM)
24. Japanese word meaning strain and difficulty.
Muri
Five S's (5S)
Pareto chart
4th Kaizen step
25. Continue cycle ad infinitum
Pull production
5th Kaizen step
One-piece flow
Hiyari report
26. The place where work-in-processes and supplies are stored in gemba. A store room is different from the normal warehouse since only standardized inventory is kept in the store room.
Store room
Value analysis (VA)
JK (jishu kanri)
SDCA
27. 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.
Three M's in gemba
Standards
Flow Production
Visual management
28. 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.
Push production
Total productive maintenance (TPM)
Three M's in gemba
AQL
29. In gemba - oftern Morale (M) and Safety (S) are added to QCD as a target to be achieved.
QCDMS
5 Whys
Hiyari report
Statistical process control (SPC)
30. Kaizen and management; Process versus result; Following the PDCA/SDCA; Putting quality first; Speaking with data; Treating the next process as the customer.
4th Kaizen step
PDCA
Takt time
Kaizen concepts
31. 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.
Standards
Statistical process control (SPC)
Don't get it - don't make it - don't send it
Total quality control
32. A commonsense principle of determining the root cause of a problem.
Ask why five times
Statistical quality control (SQC)
Kaizen concepts
Pull production
33. Standardize-Do-Check-Act - the basic steps to be followed to maintain the current status.
Visual management
SDCA
2nd Kaizen step
3rd Kaizen step
34. Shewart cycle - Deming cycle - PDCA
Takt time
Kosu
SDCA
Other cycles
35. A method for managing resources in gemba - specifically those know as '5M' - manpower - machine - material - method - and measurement.
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36. 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.
Mura
Heinrich's Law
Muda
Control chart
37. A device that stops a machine whenever a defective product is produced.
JIT (just-in-time)
Push production
Three M's in gemba
Jidhoka (autonomation)
38. Major systems that must be established to attain a world class status. TQM - JIT production system - TPM - Policy deployment - Suggestion system - Small-group activities.
4th Kaizen step
Kaizen systems
Kaizen Cycle
AQL
39. 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
Hiyari KYT
Morning market
3rd Kaizen step
5 Whys
40. Innovate to meet requirements and increase productivity
JK (jishu kanri)
JIT (just-in-time)
4th Kaizen step
Kaizen concepts
41. 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.
Five golden rules of gemba management
Control chart
Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram
Standardized work
42. 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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43. The application of statistical techniques to control a process. Often the term 'statistical quality control' is used interchangeably.
Store room
Push production
Statistical process control (SPC)
Five S's (5S)
44. The three major resources to be managed in gemba - manpower - material - and machine.
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45. 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.
SDCA
Statistical quality control (SQC)
Pareto chart
Kaizen concepts
46. Organized kaizen activities on quality involves everyone in a company - managers and workers - in a totally integrated effort tower kaizen at every level. Also referred to as Total Quality Management.
Total quality control
Go to gemba
Control chart
Gemba
47. Acceptable Quality Level s a practice between customers and suppliers that allows suppliers to deliver a certain percentage of rejects by paying penalties.
Simultaneous realization of QCD
AQL
Statistical process control (SPC)
5 Whys
48. Measure the standardized operation (find cycle time and amount of in-process inventory)
Kaizen systems
Quality circles
Conformance
2nd Kaizen step
49. 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
Suggestion system
Total quality control
Five M's (5M)
Jidhoka (autonomation)
50. A commonsense slogan to be implemented in gemba that puts into practice the belief that quality is the first priority in any program of QCD - for example - don't accept inferior quality from the previous process - don't make rejects in one's product
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