reducing waste

Question 1

what is the meaning of waste minimisation

Answer 1

reducing the amount of resources that are misused or discarded by the business during operations.

Question 2

impacts of waste

Answer 2

costs money to business and therefore harder to meet business objectives.

Question 3

7 sources of waste
( Tim wood )

Answer 3

Transportation
Inventory
Motion
Wait times
Overproduction
Over-processing
Defects

Question 4

Pull definition

Answer 4

production responds to customer demands

Question 5

pull impact on waste

Answer 5

prevents unwanted products from being produced and then discarded.

Question 6

One-Piece Flow

Answer 6

a single product moving continuously through all stages of production one at a time.

Question 7

One-piece flow impact on waste

Answer 7

reduces time product spends at each stage of production.

Question 8

Zero defects

Answer 8

preventing defects from occurring in the production process eg. robot machinery

Question 9

zero defects impact on waste

Answer 9

reduces products discarded or time and labour spent fixing.

Question 10

Advantages of lean management

Answer 10

aligns with fulfilling a social need
business reputation is improved
quality is improved
less production costs

Question 11

disadvantages of lean management

Answer 11

employees may be reluctant to commit to zero defects due to effort required
may be time consuming and costly to train employees