Lean tools Flashcards
Visual management
Embracing visual communication and control
EX: colored signs, boxes
5S
Sort
Set in order
Shine
Standardize
Sustain
Visual control
Communicate important information for controlling and managing critical processes
Ex. andon signal, maintenance board
Kaizen boards
Problems
OFIs
Ideas
Status / Updates
Evaluation
A3 report
One page report that includes all information needed for making a decision of a problem, communicates that status or plan for a goal
Management by standards
Standardized work
Takt time, cycle time
5S
Problem solving method
Standard forms e.g. A3 reports
Management meetings with standardized agenda
Standardized work for leaders
Workforce flexibility
Handling staffing and personell challenges, customer focus, increased knowledge, switching tasks
Just in time
Eliminate waste (muda) and unevenness (mura) and over-burdening (muri)
Pull
Prevents overproduction an keeps inventory down
Kanban
needed to create pull
Production instructions between operators
Visual control
Kanban cards needed
Reorder point = demand X lead time + safety stock
Nr of cards = Reorder point/batch size
Production leveling (Heijunka)
Producing smaller quantities more aligned with acutal customer consumption
CONWIP prinicple
Constant work in process
One kanban, one flow
Jidoka
Achieving the right quality in every production step
Preventing failures in intelligent automation
Andon signal
Root cause analysis
Asking around 5 Whys to get to the root cause problem
