Yellow Belt Flashcards

1
Q

What is Lean Six Sigma?

A

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

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2
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Belt Levels

A

White, Yellow, Green, Black

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3
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Belt Value

A
  1. Taught by Black Belt
  2. 12 hours virtual instruction.
  3. Kaban project
  4. 5S project
  5. Knowledge check.
  6. Approve by state of Indiana
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4
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Who determines value?

A

Customer

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5
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Value for the customer

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Something that changes the shape or form of the product, something the customer is willing to pay for

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6
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Value Stream - Goods

A

From the time the customer places an order until the time the customer receives the product

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7
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3 levels in Value Stream

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Process, Door-to-Door, Enterprise

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8
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What is Value Stream map used for?

A

Articulate the FLOW of Material & Information

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9
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What is the Value Stream Map created with?

A

Symbols and Arrows

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10
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Preferred way to have information flow?

A

Pull is always better than Push

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11
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2 states on the Value Stream Map

A

Current & Future State

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12
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Japanese word for “Waste”

A

MUDA

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13
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7 types of waste +1

A
TEM WOOD --  
Transportation
Excessive Inventory
Motion
Waiting
Over-excess processing
Over-excess production
Defects. 

1 – unused employee creativity

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14
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Kaizen

A

Continuous Improvement

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15
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Japanese word for “Leveling

A

Heijunka

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16
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Heijunka (Leveling) - what is it?

A

Pull vs push. 1 piece flow bs batch

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17
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1 piece flow

A

escalator - easy flow of material/ information

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18
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FIFO

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First In, First Out

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19
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5S

A
Sort
Straighten
Shine
Standardize
Sustain
20
Q

5S - why

A

Efficiency and safety

21
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Ergonomics

A

Fitting a workplace to the users needs

22
Q

Why are the standards/ standardization needed?

A

Reduce variation, training, auditing, improvement

23
Q

Work sequencing - use a blank and blank

A

Verb & Noun

24
Q

JIT

A

Just In Time

25
Q

Kanban

A

Sign or Signal that inventory levels are low

26
Q

Takt Time

A

Available Hours/ Customer Demand

27
Q

What is “Jidoka”

A

STOP THE LINE

Stop when something goes wrong

28
Q

What is Poka-Yoke?

A

Error proofing

29
Q

Pardo Chart

A

80% is the key- focus on the few not the many

30
Q

Lean Problem Solving - acrynomn

A

PDSA - Plan, Do, Study, Act

31
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Six Sigma Problem Solving

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DMAIC - Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control

32
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A3

A

std sheet of paper

33
Q

What does SMART stand for?

A
Specific
Measureable
Agreed to
Realistic
Time Bound
34
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What is Gemba?

A

The place where value is created. WHERE THE WORK IS OCCURING

35
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Genchi Genbutsu (Get your boots on)

A
  1. Personal Involvement 2. Learn by Doing
36
Q

Six Sigma (3)

A

3.4 DPMO

37
Q

DPMO

A

Defects per Million Opportunities

38
Q

Project Charter

A

Contract between the organization and the product itself

39
Q

What does SIPOC stand for?

A
Supplier
Input
Process
Output
Customer
40
Q

When looking at a chart, X’s are _____?

A

inputs

41
Q

When looking at a chart, Y’s are ______?

A

outputs

42
Q

WHat does Andon Light mean? Why is it used?

A

Visual Management of Takt Time

43
Q

What methods can be used to find Root Cause? (3)

A

5y,
Fishbone Chart
Pardo Chart

44
Q

Lean Problem Solving
Why is it good?
Why is it bad?

A

Good - Quicker/ Bad - Less Scientific

45
Q

Six Sigma Problem Solving - Good & Bad

A

Good - More Scientific/ Bad - Takes time