Mid Term Exam

1. What are the 5 S’s? What do they mean? What is the importance of 5 S in relationship to the other Lean Tools? What are some of the expected benefits / traps of 5 S?

2. What are the 8 forms of waste? What do they mean / how do you identify them? What is value add versus non value added? Why is it so important to understand them? What was the value added time in the Joe’s Garage example?

3. What is the Lean Conversion Process? What does it mean to you?

4. What is Value Stream Mapping? What is the importance of VSM in relationship to the other Lean Tools? What are some of the expected benefits / traps of VSM? What was the TAKT time of Highland Manufacturing Co. / why do we need to know what the TAKT time was?

5. The book explains Process Performance Measures, what are they? What is the difference between process and results measures? Give 1-2 examples of each? Why is an effective performance measurement system necessary? Give a personal example, such as a doctors appointment / course registration etc.?

6. What does Lean Manufacturing try to accomplish? How? Why? Where? When? What message don’t we want Lean to represent, Why? Why is visual management so important? Provide 3 examples from your personal experiences and what would occur if they did not exist?

7. At what level within the organization do we want to perform a VSM at, why? What was the PQ/PR Chart? What is its relevance?

8. The book describes some of the origins of Lean Six Sigma, what does Lean Six Sigma try to achieve. Provide an example of something you have done within the past year or two that achieves lean? We’ve talked about behavior supporting Lean, what types of behaviors are required and why? What would occur if these behaviors do not exist? Detail an example where the right behavior has made a difference?