Bi Weekly Six Sigma Maret

Considering the Seven Elements of Waste examples of _____________ waste would be relocating inventory to get it out of the way, repeating walking to retrieve necessary

• Correction

• Overprocessing

• Transportation

• Inventory

The 5s approach to removing waste is part of the application of Lean are:

1. SHORTING

2. STRAIGHTENING

3. SHARPENING

4. STANDARDIZING

5. SUSTAINING

from the above options, the correct 5s are:

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

• 4 only

• 2, 4, 5

• 1, 3, 5

Function of the Paretto Charts are_____

• to quantify opportunity to close gaps

• to collect the data and prioritize corrective actions

• to identify the most common types of defect

• to measure and monitor the performance of any process

LSS project creates for the process owner a Control Plan. The Control Plan is to remain active and open for _________

• Once a year

• Six Months

• Five Years

• The Life of the process

A Belt has used the 5s approach of Lean to set up a control method with frequently used tools organized as shown in this graphic. The Belt has applied the __________ principle of 5S

• Straightening

• Sustaining

• Sorting

• Standardizing

When in Process of trying to identify the Critical X's for a LSS project a Belt creates a(n)__________ because frequently it's 20% of the inputs that have an 80% impact on the output.

• FMEA

• Pareto Chart

• Cause-Effect Diagram

• Control Chart

The shape of a Normal Distribution is impacted primarily by:

• Data Type

• Mean

• Sample Error

• Variance

What tool that can help you to eliminate unnecessary movement?

• Spaghetti Diagrams

• Value Stream Maps

• Swim Lane Process

• Motion Maps

Fill in the blank: For Every ___ minutes per hour you reduce those ___minutes of delay, you will double productivity and increase profit margins by ___ percent. Since it's usually easy to eliminate these delays, it's possible to boost productivity two-four-eight-fold and profit margins 20-40-80-100 percent.

• 15, 2, 20

• 15, 57, 20

• 15, 3 , 57

• 20, 40, 80

A shoe manufacturing firm learned through LSS project their shoes soles could be made of a different material requiring two less steps in the process. This removal steps yielded a monthly cost savings of USD10,000. Therefore the reported yearly financial savings for this LSS project were USD__________.

• 5000

• 10000

• 20000

• 120000