Which of the following would be an example of Lean Manufacturing?
Holding very low stock levels - JIT
Making smaller quantities of goods than previously.
Buying the latest equipment to increase output
Producing a greater variety of goods
What does this mean? 看板, also かんばん (English: Sign, Index Card)
TPM
Kaizen
5S
Kanban
Techniques to improve flow include production leveling, "pull" production (by means of ________ and the Heijunka box.
Kanban
Manufacturing resource planning
Material requirements planning
Lean manufacturing
Just in Time (JIT) means:-
Suppliers do not supply in time
Workers arrive at work punctually
Supplies are coordinated to arrive as they are needed.
A lot of stock is kept to meet unforseen demand.
An advantage of Kaizen is :-
Employees start chatting to each other more.
Increased productivity.
Factories need a lot of space for workers meetings.
Manufacturing times are increased.
The Toyota Production System (developed by Taiichi Ohno, Shigeo Shingo and Eiji Toyoda of Toyota between 1948 and 1975.) is a major precursor of the more generic "________."
TQM
Six sigma
Kaizen
Lean manufacturing
Lean manufacturing could be defined as:-
Workers eating less during work hours.
Techniques used in manufacturing to reduce waste in all its forms.
Techniques for motivating workers to produce more.
A production process which is very slow and wastes time.
One of the requirements for implementing Just In Time is:-
Close ties between suppliers and the factory.
Bottlenecks on the production line do not need to be cleared.
Additional warehouse space is needed.
No scheduling for the production process is needed.
The founders of Toyota drew heavily on the work of W. Edwards Deming and the writings of ________.