Toyota Terminology Flashcards
1
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Andon
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System for alerting floor supervisors to a problem
2
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Genchi Genbutsu
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See for yourself; going to the root of a problem
3
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Hansei
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Relentless self-reflection
4
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Heijunka
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Production smoothing - levelling out the workload
5
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Jidoka
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Autonomation - automation with human intelligence. All team members can stop the line when required
6
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Kaizen
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Continuous Improvement - employees are encouraged to have 2 Kaizen recommendations per month
7
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Kanban
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Index card; Work items are visualized to give participants a view of progress and process, from start to finish
8
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Muda
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Waste
9
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Mura
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Inconsistency
10
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Muri
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Overburden
11
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Gemba
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Site where the work is done
12
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Poka-yoke
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Fail safing
13
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7 kinds of muda
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Correction Conveyance Overproduction Motion Waiting Inventory Processing
