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Gemba Kaizen

Subjects : certifications, kaizen
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1. Gauge measurements against requirements






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. 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






5. Japanese word meaning irregularity or variability.






6. Continue cycle ad infinitum






7. 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.






8. 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






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






10. Shewart cycle - Deming cycle - PDCA






11. Innovate to meet requirements and increase productivity






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






13. 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.






14. 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:






15. Measure the standardized operation (find cycle time and amount of in-process inventory)






16. 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.






17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. Muda (waste) - mura (irregularity) - and muri (strain).


24. 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






25. Standardization is one of the three foundations of gemba kaizen activities and means the documentation of the best way to do the job.






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






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






28. A commonsense principle of determining the root cause of a problem.






29. 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.






30. 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


31. Standardize an operation and activities






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






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


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


35. 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.






36. In gemba - oftern Morale (M) and Safety (S) are added to QCD as a target to be achieved.






37. Acceptable Quality Level s a practice between customers and suppliers that allows suppliers to deliver a certain percentage of rejects by paying penalties.






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. Japanese word meaning strain and difficulty.






43. 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






44. A checklist for good housekeeping to achieve greater order - efficiency - and discipline in the workplace. It is derived from the Japanese words seiri - seiton - seiso - seiketsu - and shituke and adopted to the English equivalents of sort - straight


45. An interdepartmental management activity to realize QCD.






46. 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






47. 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


48. 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.






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






50. 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