John Hopkins Lean Sigma Green Belt Course Flashcards

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What are the seven wastes of healthcare?

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Defects, Over Production, Motion, Over Processing, Waiting, Inventory, Transportation

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Providers spend 2/3 of their time on what?

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Documenting, searching, and clarifying.

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What is the DMAIC methodology?

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Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control

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What is DPMO?

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Defects Per Million Opportunities

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5
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What is Mode?

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The most frequent data point.

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What is the median?

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The middle value of a data set.

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7
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What is the 50%-tile rank

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The Median.

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In a normal distribution, what is the mean value and variance?

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Mean value is zero and variance is one.

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Normal Distribution is described by which two terms:

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mean, standard deviation

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10
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What is RTY?

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Rolled Throughput Yield (The combined yield/output of th e combined process steps)

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What is CTQ?

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Critical To Quality characteristic (characteristics of a process and/or Deliverables from that process which Fulfill Critical Customer Requirements.

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12
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What is “Y”?

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The defect, the problem.

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13
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What is “X”?

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A function of Y….all the variables that contribute to Y.

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14
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What is SIPOC?

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Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers

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15
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What are the other names of sigma?

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Process, Sigma, Short Term Capability, Z, Process Z, Z Short Term (Z.ST), Z Bench (Overall Capability

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16
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What is “MSA”?

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Measurement System Analysis

17
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What is LT?

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Lead Time: time to complete a product or service from start to finish.

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What is “CT”?

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Cycle time is the time to perform all work elements within a particular process step on a single item. (could include non-value added time as well).

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What is TPCT?

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Total Process Cycle Time: Sum of Cycle Times for all process steps within the Value Stream.

20
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Takt Time?

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Avaliable work time/demand.

21
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What is cycle efficiency?

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Measure of efficient time usage within a process. Calculate by dividing the total of value-Added times by the Observed lead time.