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WorksheetsLean management
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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
Lean culture must be deep within the company. What must the company be willing to do?
Give employees time to observe and study their workspace
increase wait time between processes
Give employees breaks to increase creativity.
increase wait time between processes
Continuous improvement is based on what major goal?
Daily improvement
Zero waste
Structural changes
Increase improvements
