Six Sigma

Question 1

Single Minute Exchange of Die

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SMED

Question 2

Value
Value Stream
Flow
Pull
Strive for perfection 

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Womack’s Lean Principles

Question 3

is a planned and structured process-improvement effort that enables a small group of people to improve some aspect of their business in a quick, focused manner

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Kaizen Event

Question 4

Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC)

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Five Phase of the Six Sigma breakthrough strategy

Question 5

Waiting
Overproduction
Rework
Motion
Transportation
Processing
Inventory
Intellect

Answer 5

Types of Waste

Question 6

Flow Time Efficiency = Theoretical Flow Time
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            Average Flow Time

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Flot Time Efficency

Question 7

Sort - out what's not needed
Store - what is needed
Shine - the area
Standardize - the layout
Sustain - the effort

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5 Ss of Lean

Question 8

is the range of difference between the statical mean and all the data points that are used to calculate the mean

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Variation

Question 9

is any output of any process or business task that does not meet its intended performance target

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Defect

Question 10

Critical-To - is any feature of a product or process that is important to the customer

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CT

Question 11

are the exacting requirements for CTs expressed mathematically so they can be constntly measured and monitored

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Specifications

Question 12

is a distribution of data points around a mean, or average

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Statistical Population

Question 13

is a measure of how spread out the values in a data set (population) are

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Standard Deviation

Question 14

no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities for defects

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Numerical definitionof Six Sigma

Question 15

Strategically Critical
Tactically necessary
Methodically determined

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Three broad criteria by which you can make certain projects a priority and other projects not:

Question 16

The boss or leadership team deems a project important for the success of the business

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Strategically Critical

Question 17

Customer require that you do something and this puts you in urgent firefightin mode

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Tactically Necessary

Question 18

A businesss team decides which projects are a priority based on a structured selection process using a Prioritization Matrix.

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Methodically Determined

Question 19

What is the problem?
Where does the problem occur?
When was the defect first observed?
How extensive is the problem?
How do you know the problem is a problem?

Answer 19

Write Problem Statement

Question 20

Suppliers-Inputs-Process-Outputs-Customers

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What does SIPOC Map stand for?