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Gemba Kaizen
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1. 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.
Delivery
QCD
Pareto chart
JIT (just-in-time)
2. 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.
Mura
FMEA
5 Whys
Kaizen Cycle
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.
1st Kaizen step
Value analysis (VA)
Total quality control
5 Whys
4. A device that stops a machine whenever a defective product is produced.
Kaizen concepts
3rd Kaizen step
Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram
Jidhoka (autonomation)
5. Major systems that must be established to attain a world class status. TQM - JIT production system - TPM - Policy deployment - Suggestion system - Small-group activities.
Conformance
1st Kaizen step
Kaizen systems
Heinrich's Law
6. The actual time taken by an operator to process a piece of product
Cycle time
Hiyari KYT
Morning market
Visual management
7. 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.
QF
4th Kaizen step
5 Whys
Kanban
8. 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
Kosu
Push production
QCDMS
Visual management
9. Japanese word meaning strain and difficulty.
Muda
Muri
Kaizen concepts
Don't get it - don't make it - don't send it
10. Examining tangible objects in gemba when attempting to determine the root cause of problems.
Muri
Check gembutsu
Ask why five times
Don't get it - don't make it - don't send it
11. 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
Total productive maintenance (TPM)
Heinrich's Law
Five M's (5M)
Standardized work
12. 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.
SDCA
Jidhoka (autonomation)
Pull production
Delivery
13. 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
Kosu
Gemba
Flow Production
Store room
14. A method for managing resources in gemba - specifically those know as '5M' - manpower - machine - material - method - and measurement.
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15. Gauge measurements against requirements
3rd Kaizen step
One-piece flow
Simultaneous realization of QCD
JIT (just-in-time)
16. An optimum combination of man - machine - and material. The three elements of standardized work are take time - work sequence - and standard work-in-process.
Failure Tree Analysis (FTA)
Standardized work
Three M's in gemba
Pareto chart
17. Refers to the practice of anticipating danger in advance and taking steps to avoid it.
Hiyari KYT
PDCA
QF
Three M's (3M)
18. The three major resources to be managed in gemba - manpower - material - and machine.
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19. The application of statistical techniques to control a process. Often the term 'statistical quality control' is used interchangeably.
Statistical process control (SPC)
Muri
Quality
Three K's (3K)
20. In gemba - oftern Morale (M) and Safety (S) are added to QCD as a target to be achieved.
Conformance
QCDMS
Standards
3rd Kaizen step
21. 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
Store room
Standardization
Jidhoka (autonomation)
22. 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.
Five M's (5M)
FMEA
Delivery
Standards
23. Plan-Do-Check-Act - the basic steps to be followed in making continual improvement.
Other cycles
Morning market
PDCA
Push production
24. 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.
Suggestion system
Jidhoka (autonomation)
Five golden rules of gemba management
Pull production
25. 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.
5 Kaizen Elements
Total productive maintenance (TPM)
QCDMS
Cost
26. Standardize - Measure - Gauge - Innovate - Ad infinitum
Standards
Total quality control
FMEA
Kaizen Cycle
27. Innovate to meet requirements and increase productivity
4th Kaizen step
Kaizen concepts
Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram
Five M's (5M)
28. 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.
Gembutsu
Hiyari KYT
Store room
Simultaneous realization of QCD
29. An interdepartmental management activity to realize QCD.
Push production
4th Kaizen step
Cross-funtional management
Statistical quality control (SQC)
30. Only one work piece is allowed to flow from process to process to minimize muda in a JIT production system.
Don't get it - don't make it - don't send it
One-piece flow
Visual management
Morning market
31. 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
Kanban
Suggestion system
Five M's (5M)
SDCA
32. 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
Morning market
5 Whys
Takt time
Muda
33. 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.
Delivery
Muda
Statistical quality control (SQC)
Cost
34. 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.
Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram
Statistical process control (SPC)
Hiyari KYT
Kaizen systems
35. 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:
Takt time
Muda
JK (jishu kanri)
AQL
36. Continue cycle ad infinitum
Failure Tree Analysis (FTA)
QCDMS
5th Kaizen step
Store room
37. Shewart cycle - Deming cycle - PDCA
Other cycles
AQL
Quality circles
Standards
38. 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.
Kaizen story
Go to gemba
5 Whys
Failure Tree Analysis (FTA)
39. 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.
Control chart
Conformance
Cost
JK (jishu kanri)
40. Standardization is one of the three foundations of gemba kaizen activities and means the documentation of the best way to do the job.
QCDMS
Total quality control
Takt time
Standardization
41. 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
Pareto chart
5th Kaizen step
Kaizen story
Go to gemba
42. 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.
Kanban
Morning market
Five golden rules of gemba management
Conformance
43. Standardize-Do-Check-Act - the basic steps to be followed to maintain the current status.
SDCA
Kaizen systems
One-piece flow
Muri
44. 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
5th Kaizen step
Kanban
Don't get it - don't make it - don't send it
Value analysis (VA)
45. An affirmative indication or judgement that a product or service has met the requirements of a relevant specification - contract - or regulation.
Conformance
Three K's (3K)
Standardized work
5 Kaizen Elements
46. Kaizen and management; Process versus result; Following the PDCA/SDCA; Putting quality first; Speaking with data; Treating the next process as the customer.
Kaizen concepts
Heinrich's Law
Five S's (5S)
Three M's (3M)
47. The tangible objects found at gemba such as work pieces - rejects - jigs and tools - and machines.
Gemba
Gembutsu
Cost
5 Kaizen Elements
48. 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
Simultaneous realization of QCD
Statistical process control (SPC)
Heinrich's Law
49. A commonsense principle of determining the root cause of a problem.
Five golden rules of gemba management
Suggestion system
Cost
Ask why five times
50. 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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