PLEASE i need help with this Lean Manufacturing NOTE plea
PLEASE i need help with this .. ( Lean Manufacturing ). NOTE: please if you don\'t know or not sure about any answer please mention it thanks...
1. Lean is a system of cost reduction focusing on the elimination of waste. It is built upon two pillars:
a) Kaizen and Jidoka
b) JIT and Jidoka
C) JIT and Kaizen
2. Jidoka is a way to use machines and manpower more effectively and to show respect for people. One principle of Jidoka is to:
a) get everyone involved in the process
b) make all work stations balanced
c) not allow defective parts to advance in the production system
3. The most difficult issue in trying to implement Lean Manufacturing is:
a) making cultural change
b) finding “low hanging fruit”
c) getting everyone involved in problem solving
4. In the Lean process, it is not only financially and physically leaner, it is _________Leaner than non-Lean facilities.
a. productively
b. extensively
c. emotionally
5. TPS is a manufacturing system that has a focus on ____________ to reduce cost by eliminating waste.
a. problem solving
b. quantity control
c. cycle time
6. Pull production is the concept that the production process is initiated by __________________.
a. orders
b. schedules
c. customer consumption
7. List the seven types of waste in the Toyota Production System (TPS):
1)
2)
3)
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8. Value-added work must meet two specific criteria. Which one below is not correct?
a. It is something that adds to the form, fit, or function of the product.
b. It must be something that will balance out the inventory.
c. It must be something that the customer is willing to pay for.
9. Six Sigma is a ________________________.
a. manufacturing system
b. manufacturing philosophy
c. fine set of tools that can enhance problem solving
10. The applications of lean concepts and tools at a business level must be driven by four basic concepts. List them below.
1) _______________________________________________________________________
2) _______________________________________________________________________
3) _______________________________________________________________________
4) ________________________________________________________________________
Solution
1.Kaizen and Jidoka
2.Not allow defective parts to advance in the production system
3.getting everyone involved in problem solving
4.productively
5.problem solving
6.customer consumption
7.(i) waste from over production
(ii) waste from waiting times
(iii) waste from transportation and handling
(iv) waste related to useless and excess inventories
(v) waste in production process
(vi) useless motions
(vii) waste from scrap and defects
8. It will be something that will balance out of the inventory
9.fine set of tools that can enhance problem solving
10.(i) cellular manufacturing
(ii) standardised work
(iii) one piece flow or continous flow
(iv) total productive maintenance

