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Lean Systems
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business-skills
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Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Organizing operations systems by grouping together similar customers and then designing and implementing product systems to serve these specific customers.
transportation waste
quality at the source
focused factory
seven basic types of waste
2. An approach to work layout and scheduling that gathers in one location all of the equipment and work skills necessary to complete produciton of a family of similar products.
group technology (GT)
employee empowerment
statistical process control (SPC)
lean design
3. A form of level - mixed
inventory waste
lean system culture
heijunka
poka-yoke (foolproofing)
4. Making current performance and potential problems immediately visually apparent.
level - mixed-model scehduling
visual control
process analysis/value stream mapping
stop-and fix (or line-stop) system
5. A systematic program for effective housekeeping in operational processes.
focused factory
5-s program
heijunka
just in time (JIT)
6. Another term for lean systems; refers to the specific lean system implemented at Toyota.
lean systems approach
Toyota production system (TPS)
employee empowerment
seven basic types of waste
7. Waste due to unnecessary scrap - rework - or correction.
lean systems approach
focused factory
waste from product defects
poka-yoke (foolproofing)
8. A focus on developing technological features of equipment and processes that quatomatically detect and flag problems.
waste from product defects
pull system
jidoka
statistical process control (SPC)
9. Activities in the operating processes are initated by actual customer demands - and not by forecasted demands.
pull system
group technology (GT)
total productive maintenance (TPM)
lean systems approach
10. A philosophy that empasizes the minimization of the amount of all resources used in the various activities of the enterprise.
waste from product defects
seven basic types of waste
lean systems approach
just in time (JIT)
11. Resources wasted waiting for work.
TAKT time flow balancing
level - mixed-model scehduling
employee empowerment
waste of waiting
12. The processes used to reduce setup and changeover times with the goal of making output of smaller batches more efficient.
heijunka
setup reduction
processing waste
visual control
13. The practice by which an operator should stop the process and immediately fix problems - rather than allowing it to continue making poor-quality output.
waste of waiting
inventory waste
stop-and fix (or line-stop) system
jidoka
14. A graphical technique that helps managers understand material and information flows as a product makes its way through the process.
TAKT time flow balancing
waste of motion
process analysis/value stream mapping
Toyota production system (TPS)
15. The processes and systems that work to identify and prevent all possible equipment breakdown.
heijunka
total productive maintenance (TPM)
gemba kaizen
waste of motion
16. The use of visul indicator systems such as flashing lights to help management assess current performance and quickly idnetify the location of current problems.
Kaizen Event
andons (trouble lights)
kanban (pull) scheduling
gemba kaizen
17. Managers and employees are obligated to see the problems and issues in person rather than relying on reports.
gemba kaizen
TAKT time flow balancing
jidoka
single minute exchange of dies (SMED)
18. An older name for lean systems
lean design
just in time (JIT)
processing waste
process analysis/value stream mapping
19. The practice of eliminating defects at their root cause origination points.
quality at the source
seven basic types of waste
simplificaiton and stndardizaiton
5-s program
20. Excessive or unnecessary operations.
transportation waste
processing waste
TAKT time flow balancing
waste from product defects
21. Unnecessary or excessive resource activity
andons (trouble lights)
waste of motion
poka-yoke (foolproofing)
setup reduction
22. The culture that is present in lean systems and that places a high value on respect for people in the system.
lean system culture
quality at the source
focused factory
lean systems approach
23. Processing more units than are necessary.
transportation waste
waste of motion
waste of overproduction
poka-yoke (foolproofing)
24. A systematic three-stage procedure for reducing long setups.
single minute exchange of dies (SMED)
processing waste
total productive maintenance (TPM)
gemba kaizen
25. An emphasis on eliminating non-value-adding process steps nd on executing pocess steps in exactly the same way each time by every worker.
employee empowerment
simplificaiton and stndardizaiton
seven basic types of waste
transportation waste
26. The practice of leveling quantities of different product models produced over a period of time - with the goals of reducing batch sizes and lead times.
poka-yoke (foolproofing)
processing waste
quality at the source
level - mixed-model scehduling
27. An emphasis on redesigning process in such a way as to make mistakes either impossible or immediately apparent to the worker.
heijunka
single minute exchange of dies (SMED)
lean systems approach
poka-yoke (foolproofing)
28. The application of lean principles and tools to the task of designing products.
lean design
group technology (GT)
visual control
single minute exchange of dies (SMED)
29. A scheduling system that builds output in response to actual customer demand.
employee empowerment
5-s program
total productive maintenance (TPM)
kanban (pull) scheduling
30. Units waiting to be processed or delivered.
level - mixed-model scehduling
pull system
inventory waste
waste of waiting
31. A classification of wastes into one of seven basic categories.
TAKT time flow balancing
Kaizen Event
seven basic types of waste
waste from product defects
32. Units being unnecessarily moved.
transportation waste
total productive maintenance (TPM)
lean design
single minute exchange of dies (SMED)
33. A short term - cross-functional team project aimed at improving an existing process.
lean systems approach
Kaizen Event
quality at the source
simplificaiton and stndardizaiton
34. A scheduling approach aimed at synchronizing the output rate with the rate of customer demand.
andons (trouble lights)
jidoka
waste of motion
TAKT time flow balancing
35. The use of various statistical tools for analyzing the capabilities of a given process and for monitoring its performance - with the goal of flagging potential problems before they occur.
group technology (GT)
waste of overproduction
focused factory
statistical process control (SPC)
36. Putting the responsibility for attacking waste with the employees directly involved in the processes.
focused factory
employee empowerment
seven basic types of waste
inventory waste