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Gemba Kaizen

Subjects : certifications, kaizen
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1. The tangible objects found at gemba such as work pieces - rejects - jigs and tools - and machines.






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






3. 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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Shewart cycle - Deming cycle - PDCA






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. 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.






10. 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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11. Innovate to meet requirements and increase productivity






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






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






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

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

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16. 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.






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






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.






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. The application of statistical techniques to control a process. Often the term 'statistical quality control' is used interchangeably.






24. Gauge measurements against requirements






25. 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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. Continue cycle ad infinitum






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. 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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40. 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






41. Standardize an operation and activities






42. Japanese word meaning strain and difficulty.






43. 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

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44. 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:






45. An interdepartmental management activity to realize QCD.






46. 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.






47. 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






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






49. Japanese word meaning irregularity or variability.






50. 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