Lean management and waste minimisation Flashcards
1
Q
Waste minimisation
A
- Process of reducing the amount of unused material, time or labour within business
2
Q
Business operations system
A
- Time can be wasted when transporting resources/ Products
- Time can be wasted from delays between production stages
- Labour
- Labour of highly experienced employees
- Materials
- Products (defective)
- Products (Over produce)
3
Q
Lean management
A
- Process of systematically reducing waste in all areas of production
- Eliminates amount of waste generated within operations system
4
Q
Pull
A
- Customers determining amount of products that should be produced for sale
5
Q
one-piece-flow
A
- Product moving through all stages of production
6
Q
Takt
A
- Synchronising production steps to meet customer demand
7
Q
Zero defects
A
- Prevents defects from occurring
