topic 5

Question 1

In the Lean system, producing a certain SKU before it’s needed isn’t considered a type of waste, given that it helps to keep material flowing through the system.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

In a Lean system, a “work in process” is the direct result of waste due to overproduction but not to waiting.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The 5Ss are tools for continuous improvement applied by industrial companies; service companies don’t apply them because they don’t have any stock.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Within the Just-in-time (JIT) context, the auxiliary “Total Productive Maintenance” (TPM) focus is making workers assume responsibility for routine maintenance of their own equipment

Answer 4

True

Question 5

JIT systems seek to reduce manufacturing times more than increase the added value of the production processes.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

“JIT in the supply chain”, an auxiliary JIT focus, implies having a lot of suppliers for each SKU purchased in order to avoid shut-downs due to a lack of supplies, something critical when applying JIT.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Companies with highly repetitive processes and well-defined work flows for standardised items often use the “Pull” method.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The goal of SMED-type changeover time reduction focuses is reducing that changeover time to under 10 minutes.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The “Pull” method consists of using a client’s demand to begin producing a given SKU, but it only applies within the factory, that is, with internal clients.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Frequent, large-volume deliveries and no longer tracking the materials received from suppliers are two traits of applying the Just in Time focus to suppliers

Answer 10

False

Question 11

An electric power cable that can only be plugged in or connected in one particular way is an example of a “poka-yoke

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Eliminating waste by applying the 5Ss to Machine A and its environment implies that Machine A will no longer be a bottleneck, though Machine B will become a new bottleneck.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

If we compare the eight types of waste to the 5Ss, the wastes help to carry out Lean diagnostics, while the 5Ss serve to implement improvements

Answer 13

True

Question 14

what are the 8 wastes

Answer 14

Defects
Overproduction
Waiting
Non-utilized Talent
Transportation
Inventory
Motion
Extra-processing

Question 15

The 5s

Answer 15

Sort 
Set in order
Shine
Standardize
Sustain