Lean management

Which of the following is NOT a step in the lean manufacturing process?

• Specify value

• Document policies

• Create flow

• Aim for perfection

Lean manufacturing is a method of eliminating waste. What is the purpose of eliminating waste?

• Reducing landfill shipments

• Reduce lead time

• Reduce production cost

• Reduce both cost and lead time while increasing quality

Lean manufacturing reduces waste in three areas. What are those areas?

• Process, planning, and people

• People, process, and materials

• People, planning, and materials

• Process, materials, and waste

What is the definition of value-added activities?

• Activity that increases the cost or value to the product

• Activity that adds what the customer wants

• Activity that adds processes to production

• Activity that increases the purpose of the product

Non-value-added activities are considered waste if they fall into one of the eight categories. Which waste includes poor workplace organization and layout issues?

• Over-processing

• Excess inventory

• Excess motion

• Transportation

Non-value-added activities are considered waste if they fall into one of the eight categories. Which waste ties up money in unsold product, material, and storage space?

• Excess inventory

• Waiting

• Transportation

• Over-processing

The stable operations within products allow the company to add this to its lean manufacturing core?

• JIT

• Jidoka

• Standardization

• Structure

Standardization is put into place by standardizing work and what other method?

• Increasing production

• 5S process

• Organizing the standards

• Sorting and Straightening

JIT reduces excess inventory, waiting, and transportation by changing the traditional system of inventory to one that focuses on what method of moving inventory?

• Moving inventory into warehouses

• Pulling inventory meaning it moves when needed

• Pushing inventory to waiting areas

• Pulling inventory to reduce back injuries

Jidoka builds quality into the manufacturing process. What four steps are used in jidoka?

• Produce, inspect, produce, inspect

• Discover, inspect, produce, inventory

• Discover, stop, fix, investigate cause

• Discover, produce, inventory, market