Lean Manufacturing

The waste related to producing more than what is immediately needed is known as:

• Inventory

• Overproduction

• Defects

• Waiting

The Lean waste that refers to excessive movement of people or machines is called __________.

Which of the following is not one of the five core Lean principles?

• Define Value
  

• Identify Waste
  

• Create Flow
  

• Seek Perfection

"Pull" in Lean manufacturing refers to:

• Producing at maximum capacity

• Pushing products to the customer
  

• Producing based on actual demand
  

• Pulling raw materials into storage

Value Stream Mapping is primarily used to:

• Improve branding
  

• Visualize and improve the flow of materials and information

• Enhance customer service

• Increase financial investments

The Pareto chart is based on the principle that:

• 50% of the problems cause 50% of the defects

• 80% of the problems come from 20% of the causes
  

• All problems have equal weight

• Random sampling improves efficiency

In a Pareto chart, the bars represent:

• Cumulative percentage

• Individual causes
  

• Control limits
  

• Work instructions

An X-bar chart is used to monitor:

• Count of defects
  

• Process variability
  

• Mean of a variable over time
  

• Employee performance

Which chart is best for monitoring the proportion of defective items in a process?

• R chart

• X-bar chart
  

• P chart
  

• C chart

A fishbone diagram is also known as a:

• Bar chart
  

• Scatter plot
  

• Cause-and-effect diagram

• Histogram