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LEAN

Mura means ?

 All of the Options
 Doesnt add value
 Unevenness (Inconsistency in physical matters)
 Overburden and absurdity

In a cell, the operators are responsible to ?

 Maximize production output
 Meet customer requirements
 Direct requests to the supervisor
 Run the machines or processes assigned

Kanban is based on a model of ?

 Shipyards
 Supermarkets
 Job shop machining
 Automotive assembly lines

Products with low demand should be ?

 Produced in the quantity needed
 Batch processed and held in stock until needed
 Assigned higher cost per unit
 Assigned higher cost per unit

The main objective of lean manufacturing is to ?

 Outsource much of our manufacturing in order to focus on final assembly
 Keep labor costs as low as possible by using more of other resources
 Produce products with fewer options to simplify consumer choices
 Produce goods using less resources compared to mass production techniques

Which of the following is not one of the eight wastes ?

 Transporting
 Waiting
 Overproduction
 Excess machine capacity

Lean Thinking should only be implemented when there is no crisis ?

 True
 False

“Queue” means:

 Material should be pushed to the next operation when a batch is complete
 Waiting
 A signal to start production ?
 A unit of measure

It takes two to three years to complete Lean Manufacturing implementation ?

 True
 False

Defective product should be ?

 Immediately moved to the quality holding area
 Moved to the rework process
 Displayed for everyone to see
 Scrapped or repaired immediately.

5S ?

 Is a simple five-step process
 Targets improvements in morale and efficiency
 A and D
 Can be done without managerial support
 Relies on the organization and demarcation of the working areas
 A,C and D

Lean projects should be chosen based on ?

 The number of people affected by the changes
 All of the Options
 Impact to the customer and to the company
 Anticipated chance for success

Which of the following is not a goal of lean manufacturing ?

 Increasing machine utilization
 Utilizing activity-based costing
 Producing smaller lot sizes
 Reducing set-up times

Place the 5s's in the proper order ?

 Sort, Set-in-order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
 Sort, Set-in-order, Shine, Sustain, Standardize
 Shine, Sort, Standardize, Set-in-order, Sustain
 Sustain, Set-in-order, Shine, Sort, Standardize

The 10,000,000,000 dollar spent on material handling equipment has been to a waste of money ?

 True
 False

Lean manufacturing is a ?

 Efficiency improvement technique
 Set of tools designed to improve productivity
 Means to improve responsiveness to the customer
 Method for reducing labor cost

Production line problems should be apparent to even a casual observer ?

 False
 True

In a manufacturing cell, who has authority to stop production?

 The material handler
 All of the Options
 The line supervisor
 Machine operators

What do we mean by VSM ?

 Value Stream Mapping
 Very Serious Mistake
 None of the Options
 Valid Sustainable Management

One-piece-flow means ?

 One piece moves to the next operation
 Operators need to work harder
 Larger lot sizes
 Batch

5S is another word for housekeeping ?

 True
 False

We can best increase output by producing parts faster ?

 False
 True

In a lean workcell, the supervisor’s main responsibility is:

 Keeping production moving
 Achieving production counts
 Keeping workers busy
 Identifying and resolving abnormal conditions

Using kanban, production demand is triggered by ?

 Removal of product by the downstream customer
 Any of the Options
 Forecast
 The production planner

Following are the advantages of sticking to the takt time except ?

 Production is smoothly planned and operations will be carried out without interruptions
 The system is in synchronization with customer requirement
 Pull scheduling is disabled.
 It will give you the rhythm in which the system should operate