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