Yellow Belt Flashcards
What is Lean Six Sigma?
Lean Six Sigma is a Business Strategy of creating and sustaining Value for the customer by identifying Value Streams and eliminating waste. 3 benefits - Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, Save Time
Belt Levels
White, Yellow, Green, Black
Belt Value
- Taught by Black Belt
- 12 hours virtual instruction.
- Kaban project
- 5S project
- Knowledge check.
- Approve by state of Indiana
Who determines value?
Customer
Value for the customer
Something that changes the shape or form of the product, something the customer is willing to pay for
Value Stream - Goods
From the time the customer places an order until the time the customer receives the product
3 levels in Value Stream
Process, Door-to-Door, Enterprise
What is Value Stream map used for?
Articulate the FLOW of Material & Information
What is the Value Stream Map created with?
Symbols and Arrows
Preferred way to have information flow?
Pull is always better than Push
2 states on the Value Stream Map
Current & Future State
Japanese word for “Waste”
MUDA
7 types of waste +1
TEM WOOD -- Transportation Excessive Inventory Motion Waiting Over-excess processing Over-excess production Defects.
1 – unused employee creativity
Kaizen
Continuous Improvement
Japanese word for “Leveling
Heijunka
Heijunka (Leveling) - what is it?
Pull vs push. 1 piece flow bs batch
1 piece flow
escalator - easy flow of material/ information
FIFO
First In, First Out
5S
Sort Straighten Shine Standardize Sustain
5S - why
Efficiency and safety
Ergonomics
Fitting a workplace to the users needs
Why are the standards/ standardization needed?
Reduce variation, training, auditing, improvement
Work sequencing - use a blank and blank
Verb & Noun
JIT
Just In Time
Kanban
Sign or Signal that inventory levels are low
Takt Time
Available Hours/ Customer Demand
What is “Jidoka”
STOP THE LINE
Stop when something goes wrong
What is Poka-Yoke?
Error proofing
Pardo Chart
80% is the key- focus on the few not the many
Lean Problem Solving - acrynomn
PDSA - Plan, Do, Study, Act
Six Sigma Problem Solving
DMAIC - Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
A3
std sheet of paper
What does SMART stand for?
Specific Measureable Agreed to Realistic Time Bound
What is Gemba?
The place where value is created. WHERE THE WORK IS OCCURING
Genchi Genbutsu (Get your boots on)
- Personal Involvement 2. Learn by Doing
Six Sigma (3)
3.4 DPMO
DPMO
Defects per Million Opportunities
Project Charter
Contract between the organization and the product itself
What does SIPOC stand for?
Supplier Input Process Output Customer
When looking at a chart, X’s are _____?
inputs
When looking at a chart, Y’s are ______?
outputs
WHat does Andon Light mean? Why is it used?
Visual Management of Takt Time
What methods can be used to find Root Cause? (3)
5y,
Fishbone Chart
Pardo Chart
Lean Problem Solving
Why is it good?
Why is it bad?
Good - Quicker/ Bad - Less Scientific
Six Sigma Problem Solving - Good & Bad
Good - More Scientific/ Bad - Takes time
