Lean Production

Question 1

lean production

Answer 1

‘Lean production’ is producing goods and services efficiently with the minimum of waste resources while maintaining high quality.

Question 2

Lean production - Less waste / increasing efficiency

Answer 2

Less waste:

Lower transportation costs

Holding too much stock

Movement of people

Waiting time in production

Overpopulation

Too much complexity

Defect products

Increasing efficiency (ratio of output to input):

Improve EE’s skills

Improve motivation

Better technology

Better management

Question 3

4 different lean production methods

Answer 3

continuous improvement (kaizen)

just-in-time (JIT)

kanban

andon

Question 4

Continuous improvement (Kaizen)

Answer 4

A philosophy whereby all employees contribute to improving the production process

Question 5

Just-in-time (JIT)

Answer 5

‘Just-in-time (JIT) stock-control’ aims to avoid holding stocks by requiring supplies to arrive just as they are needed in production, and completed products are produced to order.

Question 6

Kanban

Answer 6

‘Kanban’ is a system in which the supply of components is regulated through the use of an instruction card sent along the production line

Question 7

Andon

Answer 7

‘Andon’ is a system to notify the management, maintenance, and other workers of a quality or process problem

(notify with a color system at the station, green = everything good, yellow = assistance needed, red = quality problem)