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