Lean Manufacturing

Just in Time (JIT) means:-
1. A lot of stock is kept to meet unforseen demand.
2. Workers arrive at work punctually
3. Supplies are coordinated to arrive as they are needed.
4. Suppliers do not supply in time
An advantage of Kaizen is :-
1. Increased productivity.
2. Manufacturing times are increased.
3. Factories need a lot of space for workers meetings.
4. Employees start chatting to each other more.
Techniques to improve flow include production leveling, "pull" production (by means of ________ and the Heijunka box.
1. Kanban
2. Material requirements planning
3. Lean manufacturing
4. Manufacturing resource planning
The founders of Toyota drew heavily on the work of W. Edwards Deming and the writings of ________.
1. Henry Ford
2. Karl Marx
3. Franklin D Roosevelt
4. Margaret Thatcher
What does this mean? 看板, also かんばん (English: Sign, Index Card)
1. Kanban
2. Kaizen
3. TPM
4. 5S
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 "________."
1. Lean manufacturing
2. TQM
3. Kaizen
4. Six sigma
One of the requirements for implementing Just In Time is:-
1. Close ties between suppliers and the factory.
2. Additional warehouse space is needed.
3. No scheduling for the production process is needed.
4. Bottlenecks on the production line do not need to be cleared.
Which of the following would be an example of Lean Manufacturing?
1. Making smaller quantities of goods than previously.
2. Holding very low stock levels - JIT
3. Buying the latest equipment to increase output
4. Producing a greater variety of goods
Lean manufacturing could be defined as:-
1. Techniques used in manufacturing to reduce waste in all its forms.
2. Workers eating less during work hours.
3. Techniques for motivating workers to produce more.
4. A production process which is very slow and wastes time.
Kaizen is a term taken from which language
1. Japanese
2. Chinese
3. Hindi
4. English

Lean Manufacturing

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