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Gemba Kaizen
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1. 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
Kosu
Quality circles
Hiyari report
Cross-funtional management
2. 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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3. 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.
QF
Value analysis (VA)
Jidhoka (autonomation)
Total quality control
4. Japanese word meaning irregularity or variability.
Three M's in gemba
Visual management
Mura
Jidhoka (autonomation)
5. Japanese word meaning strain and difficulty.
Muri
Push production
5 Whys
QF
6. Plan-Do-Check-Act - the basic steps to be followed in making continual improvement.
Statistical process control (SPC)
Other cycles
Cost
PDCA
7. The actual time taken by an operator to process a piece of product
Cycle time
Kaizen systems
Takt time
Muda
8. 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.
Cross-funtional management
Control chart
Standards
Mura
9. 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.
Five golden rules of gemba management
Takt time
Cost
QCD
10. In the context of QCD - quality refers to the quality of products or services delivered to the customer. In this instance - quality refers to the conformance to specifications and customer requirements. In a broader sense - quality refers to the qual
Quality
SDCA
Simultaneous realization of QCD
Control chart
11. 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
4th Kaizen step
Total quality control
3rd Kaizen step
Simultaneous realization of QCD
12. Shewart cycle - Deming cycle - PDCA
Other cycles
Heinrich's Law
Kaizen Cycle
3rd Kaizen step
13. Refers to the practice of anticipating danger in advance and taking steps to avoid it.
3rd Kaizen step
Hiyari KYT
Quality
JIT (just-in-time)
14. 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
Total quality control
Kaizen story
Quality circles
Visual management
15. Only one work piece is allowed to flow from process to process to minimize muda in a JIT production system.
Kaizen story
Muri
Go to gemba
One-piece flow
16. A commonsense principle of determining the root cause of a problem.
Ask why five times
Kaizen story
Three M's (3M)
Five M's (5M)
17. 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.
Jidhoka (autonomation)
Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram
Kaizen concepts
Conformance
18. Measure the standardized operation (find cycle time and amount of in-process inventory)
Five golden rules of gemba management
2nd Kaizen step
Three M's in gemba
QCD
19. 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.
Standardization
QCDMS
Five golden rules of gemba management
QF
20. 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.
PDCA
Gemba
Pull production
Hiyari KYT
21. Major systems that must be established to attain a world class status. TQM - JIT production system - TPM - Policy deployment - Suggestion system - Small-group activities.
Pareto chart
Kaizen systems
Don't get it - don't make it - don't send it
SDCA
22. 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
Total quality control
Ask why five times
JIT (just-in-time)
23. A Japanese word meaning 'real place' - now adapted in management terminology to mean the 'workplace' or that place where value is added.
Muri
Gemba
Three M's in gemba
Conformance
24. 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.
5 Whys
Standardized work
Five S's (5S)
FMEA
25. In gemba - oftern Morale (M) and Safety (S) are added to QCD as a target to be achieved.
QCDMS
Hiyari KYT
Kanban
Visual management
26. 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.
JIT (just-in-time)
SDCA
Failure Tree Analysis (FTA)
Statistical process control (SPC)
27. A device that stops a machine whenever a defective product is produced.
Pareto chart
Five S's (5S)
Jidhoka (autonomation)
1st Kaizen step
28. 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.
Five golden rules of gemba management
Total productive maintenance (TPM)
Kanban
Failure Tree Analysis (FTA)
29. 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
Kaizen concepts
Kaizen Cycle
Quality
30. 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
Quality
Morning market
5 Whys
QCDMS
31. 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
Store room
Value analysis (VA)
Five M's (5M)
Takt time
32. Acceptable Quality Level s a practice between customers and suppliers that allows suppliers to deliver a certain percentage of rejects by paying penalties.
AQL
Conformance
Standardized work
Pull production
33. 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
Flow Production
FMEA
Standardized work
34. The application of statistical techniques to control a process. Often the term 'statistical quality control' is used interchangeably.
Kaizen concepts
5 Kaizen Elements
Check gembutsu
Statistical process control (SPC)
35. Standardize an operation and activities
Quality
1st Kaizen step
Failure Tree Analysis (FTA)
FMEA
36. 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.
Suggestion system
Takt time
Conformance
Quality
37. 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.
Value analysis (VA)
Gemba
JK (jishu kanri)
QCDMS
38. 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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39. Kaizen and management; Process versus result; Following the PDCA/SDCA; Putting quality first; Speaking with data; Treating the next process as the customer.
Failure Tree Analysis (FTA)
Kaizen concepts
Five M's (5M)
Cycle time
40. 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.
2nd Kaizen step
Hiyari report
AQL
Takt time
41. The tangible objects found at gemba such as work pieces - rejects - jigs and tools - and machines.
Pareto chart
Gembutsu
Standards
Pull production
42. 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
Total productive maintenance (TPM)
Kosu
Five golden rules of gemba management
Flow Production
43. Teamwork - Personal discipline - Improved morale - Quality circles - Suggestions for improvement
Standardization
Kosu
1st Kaizen step
5 Kaizen Elements
44. Continue cycle ad infinitum
JK (jishu kanri)
Standards
2nd Kaizen step
5th Kaizen step
45. 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.
Heinrich's Law
Control chart
FMEA
Five golden rules of gemba management
46. 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
Kaizen systems
Standardized work
Five S's (5S)
Total productive maintenance (TPM)
47. Standardize-Do-Check-Act - the basic steps to be followed to maintain the current status.
SDCA
Statistical process control (SPC)
Gemba
Cycle time
48. 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
Kaizen concepts
Heinrich's Law
Kanban
Gemba
49. The three major resources to be managed in gemba - manpower - material - and machine.
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50. Gauge measurements against requirements
Kaizen systems
3rd Kaizen step
Morning market
Jidhoka (autonomation)