Just in team and lean operations Flashcards
who invented JIT & lean operations?
Toyota
What does “lean” stand for?
strive for excellence and continuous improvement
What is a worker’s role in lean operations?
find mistakes and identify causes
What principles does lean management follow?
- identify customer value
- focus on processes that create value
- eliminate waste to create flow
- Produce only according to consumer demand
- strive for perfection
Who contributed the following principles?
- eliminate waste to create flow
- Produce only according to consumer demand
- strive for perfection
- eliminate waste to create flow –> Muda
- Produce only according to consumer demand –> Kanban
- strive for perfection –> Kaizen
What does Kanban mean?
Signal / Card
Define Kanban
- used to highlight need for production of (small) number of components
- restock triggered by actual material use
How does Kanban work?
- use or circulating boxes/containers
- every box/container has a Kanban card
- as container emties card signifies need for refill
What is the supermarket principle?
Material is taken from storage, delivering department is authorized to refill the intentionally small storage
What is just in time (JIT)?
Refilling stocks just before they are about to run out
What are the advantages of JIT?
- allows lower stocking levels
- improves relationship with resellers
What are the major disadvantages of JIT?
- multiple sourcing is difficult
- only works well if demand fluctuates very little
Requirements suppliers in JIT
- tight relationship between suppliers & company
- need to deliver asap
- need to be close by
- need to be reliable
- short setup times
- cheap set up
