Week 10- Value stream mapping Flashcards

1
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What is the pacemaker process?

A

The process at which the customer order penetrates the production system. It is always in front of a kanban system

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2
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what is the bottleneck machine?

A

the slowest machine in the production process

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3
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what is the formula for availiability?

A

Number of periods ending with inventory available/ total number of periods

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4
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what is the formula for fill rate?

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Average demand filled immediately from stock/ average positive demand

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5
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what is a fifo system?

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First in First out. This process pushes inventory through the system. Think of a garden hose filled with marbles, if you put in one marble one comes out the other end.

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what is a kanban system?

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This is a process that pulls products through the production. Think of a supermarket, when one product is taken it is replenished until full again.

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7
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what is a process depicted by on a VSM?

A

a box

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8
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what is an inventory store depicted by on a VSM?

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a triangle

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