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Write the letter corresponding to the most appropriate example or definition from choices a – g below on the blank line next to each key word below.

a) Examples of this include: workers having to make unnecessary movements (i.e. excessive reaching or walking to get tools or parts), working on parts that are defective and idle time.

b) A system that enables a line worker to signal that he or she needs assistance from his or her supervisor, for example in the case of a defect. Used to implement the Jidoka principle.

c) A brainstorming technique that helps structure the process of identifying underlying causes of an (usually undesirable) outcome

d) As an example of this philosophy, workers in Toyota Georgetown have notebooks (at their work stations) that they use to jot down improvement ideas.

e) A method that controls the amount of work-in-process inventory

f) If an automotive assembly plant used this technique, the adjacent cars on an assembly line would be mixed models (e.g. Model A with sunroof, Model A without sunroof, Model B, Model B with sunroof), in proportions equal to customer demand.

g) Making production problems visible and stopping production upon detection of defects

Please add ONE LETTER, from a – g, to ANY FIVE of the following terms:

Kanban ____

Muda ____

Heijunka ____

Andon cord ____

Kaizen ____

Ishikawa ____

Jidoka ____

Genchi Genbutsu ____

Explanation / Answer

Kanban - (e)

Muda - (a)

Heijunka - (f)

Andon cord - (b)

Kaizen - (d)

Ishikawa - (c)

Jidoka - (g)

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(a)

Muda (waste activities) - workers having to make unnecessary movements (i.e. excessive reaching or walking to get tools or parts), working on parts that are defective and idle time.

(b)

Andon cord - A system that enables a line worker to signal that he or she needs assistance from his or her supervisor.

(c)

Ishikawa [diagram] - A brainstorming technique that helps structure the process of identifying the underlying causes of a usually undesirable outcome.

(d)

Kaizen - As an example of this philosophy, workers in Toyota Georgetown have notebooks (at their workstations) that they use to jot down improvement ideas.

(e)

Kanban - A method that controls the amount of work-in-process inventory

(f)

Heijunka (leveled production) -If an automotive assembly plant used this technique, the adjacent cars on an assembly line would be mixed models.

(g)

Jidoka (quality at source) - Making production problems visible and stopping production upon detection of defects.

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