Kanban

Question 1

Japanese for: “Signboard” “Signal card” “Billboard”

Answer 1

Kanban

Question 2

Balances demands with available capacity
Uses signals to accomplish a specific objective

Answer 2

Kanban

Question 3

Components are only replaced once they have been consumed
Make only enough products to meet customer demand
Demand pulls products through the process using visual signals

Answer 3

Pull System

Question 4

What is the purpose of Work In Progress (WIP) limits?

Answer 4

Maintain capacity of your team’s workflow

Question 5

When input is greater than a resource can handle an accumulation of tasks will occur

Answer 5

Bottleneck

Question 6

What are the 3 Principles of Kanban?

Answer 6

Visualization
Maintain WIP
Boost Workflow

Question 7

The shorter the cycle time, the more value that is delivered.
*Small batch size
*Uniform size effort
*Consistent Cycle Times
*Shorter Cycle times

Answer 7

Boost Workflow

Question 8

Which of the following is not true regarding Kanban?
a) It aims to manage work by balancing demands with available capacity
b) It automatically prevents an operator from making an error
c) It uses Card or another device that communicates demand for work or materials from the preceding station
d) It is a Japanese word for signboard or billboard

Answer 8

b) It automatically prevents an operator from making an error

Question 9

Which technique best improves the visibility of problems in a process?
a) 5-Why
b) Quality Control
c) 5S
d) Kanban

Answer 9

d) Kanban