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WorksheetsLean Manufacturing Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The term 'Kaizen' means:
Just in time
Continuous improvement
Waste
Stock control
'Takt Time' refers to:
Total production time
Time taken to produce one item at the rate customers are demanding it
Time taken to transport goods
Time taken to fix a defect
Which of the M's directly deals with inconsistency?
Muda
Mura
Muri
None of the above
Inventory waste in Lean refers to:
Excessive stock and work in progress
Not having enough stock
The total amount of stock in a company
Stock rotation
Which of the following best describes the 'Pull' concept in Lean Manufacturing?
Products are made as per forecast
Products are made based on actual demand
Products are made based on supplier convenience
Products are pulled from the production line without inspection
Which Japanese term refers to waste in Lean Manufacturing?
Kaizen
Muda
Kanban
Jidoka
Which Lean tool uses cards to signal the movement of items in a production system?
5S
Kaizen
Poka-yoke
Kanban
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of Lean Manufacturing?
Reduced lead time
Reduced waste
Improved quality
Genchi Genbutsu means:
Continuous improvement
Go and see for yourself
Just in time
A form of waste
Which of the following is NOT a principle of Lean Manufacturing?
Focus on overproduction
Pursue perfection
Respect for people
Build quality in
MURA refers to:
Overburden
Unevenness
Waste
Continuous improvement
Which of these is a method to reduce MURI (overburden)?
Multi-skilling employees
Overproducing
Making long production runs
Keeping large stock
MUDA Type I waste refers to:
Waste that can be eliminated immediately
Waste that doesn't add value but is deemed necessary under current conditions
Waste that results from defective products
Waste from uneven workload distribution
Defects in Lean Manufacturing refer to:
Products that have slight variations
Products that don't meet customer requirements
Overproducing products
Products in transit
Lean Manufacturing originated from which company's production system?
Microsoft
General Electric
Toyota
Ford
Lean thinking primarily emphasizes:
Maximum resource utilization
Creation of more stock inventory
Value addition from the customer's perspective
Increasing number of production steps
What is the primary goal of Lean Manufacturing?
Increasing employee salaries
Increasing stock inventory
Reducing waste
Increasing product diversity
Which of the following Lean tools is used to ensure that any variation in quality is detected at the source?
Kanban
Heijunka
Poka-yoke
Jidoka
In Lean terms, which waste refers to tasks that don't add value to the product or service?
Overhead
Motion
Over-processing
Transportation
MURI refers to:
Waste
Continuous improvement
Unevenness
Overburden
In Lean, which waste refers to the process of producing goods before they are required?
Waiting
Over-processing
Overproduction
Defects
Which of the following is NOT a pillar of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)?
Autonomous Maintenance
Focused Improvement
Just-In-Time Production
Quality Maintenance
What is the main objective of a Value Stream Map?
Hiring process
Identifying wastes in the process
Planning annual holidays
Determining product price
What does JIT stand for in Lean Manufacturing?
Just-In-Time
Job-In-Task
Join-In-Team
Jump-In-Test
Which one is NOT a type of waste as identified in Lean Manufacturing?
Overproduction
Motion
Overstocking
Waiting
The 5S methodology includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Sort
Set in order
Sustain
Standardize production
Which of the following represents motion waste in Lean Manufacturing?
Workers waiting for materials
Producing more than what's needed
Unnecessary movements by workers
Transporting goods excessively
Heijunka is a technique used to address which of the M's?
Muda
Mura
Muri
None of the above
Who is considered the 'father' of the Toyota Production System?
Henry Ford
William Edwards Deming
Taiichi Ohno
W. Edwards Deming
Which of the following Lean tools helps in visualizing the current state and designing the future state for the series of events that take a product from the beginning to the end of a process?
Heijunka Box
Poka-Yoke
Value Stream Mapping
5 Whys
