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LEAN

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

 False
 True

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

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

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

 Overproduction
 Excess machine capacity
 Transporting
 Waiting

Mura means ?

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

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

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

Lean manufacturing is a ?

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

Lean projects should be chosen based on ?

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

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

 False
 True

The main objective of lean manufacturing is to ?

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

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

 False
 True

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

 False
 True

Products with low demand should be ?

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

5S is another word for housekeeping ?

 True
 False

Using kanban, production demand is triggered by ?

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

What do we mean by VSM ?

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

In a cell, the operators are responsible to ?

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

Place the 5s's in the proper order ?

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

“Queue” means:

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

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

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

One-piece-flow means ?

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

We can best increase output by producing parts faster ?

 True
 False

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

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

5S ?

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

Defective product should be ?

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

Kanban is based on a model of ?

 Shipyards
 Job shop machining
 Automotive assembly lines
 Supermarkets