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LEAN

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

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

“Queue” means:

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

One-piece-flow means ?

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

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

 False
 True

Lean projects should be chosen based on ?

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

Using kanban, production demand is triggered by ?

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

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

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

What do we mean by VSM ?

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

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

 True
 False

5S ?

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

In a cell, the operators are responsible to ?

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

Lean manufacturing is a ?

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

Kanban is based on a model of ?

 Supermarkets
 Shipyards
 Automotive assembly lines
 Job shop machining

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 goods using less resources compared to mass production techniques
 Produce products with fewer options to simplify consumer choices

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

 Transporting
 Waiting
 Excess machine capacity
 Overproduction

5S is another word for housekeeping ?

 False
 True

Defective product should be ?

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

Products with low demand should be ?

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

We can best increase output by producing parts faster ?

 False
 True

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

 True
 False

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

 False
 True

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

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

Mura means ?

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

Place the 5s's in the proper order ?

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

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

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