Core lean principles including waste elimination, value stream mapping, and continuous improvement concepts.
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- What does 'value' mean in lean management?
- Anything a customer is willing to pay for, as perceived by the customer.
- What is a value stream?
- The sequence of all activities required to deliver a product or service from raw material to the customer.
- Define muda in lean.
- Waste: any activity that consumes resources but does not create value for the customer.
- What is mura in lean?
- Unevenness or variability in processes, workload, or production levels.
- What is muri in lean?
- Overburden or excessive strain placed on people, equipment, or systems.
- Name the seven types of muda (waste).
- Transportation, inventory, motion, waiting, overproduction, over-processing, and defects.
- What is value stream mapping?
- A visual technique used to analyze and illustrate all activities in a value stream to identify waste and improvement opportunities.
- What is kaizen?
- Continuous improvement: an ongoing effort to make incremental changes in processes to increase efficiency and reduce waste.
- What does 5S stand for?
- Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain: a workplace organization methodology.
- What is kanban?
- A visual system using cards or signals to control the flow of work and manage inventory in a pull-based system.
- What is just-in-time (JIT)?
- A production system where materials and components arrive exactly when needed, minimizing inventory and storage costs.
- What is andon?
- A visual signal or alert system that stops production when a problem is detected, allowing immediate corrective action.
- What is a gemba walk?
- A management practice of visiting the actual place where work happens to directly observe processes and identify improvement opportunities.
- What is gemba?
- The actual place where work occurs and value is created, such as a factory floor or service location.
- What is jidoka?
- Autonomation: equipment or processes designed to stop automatically when a defect is detected, preventing defects from continuing.