What is Lean management?

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Test Your Lean Management Knowledge

Welcome to the Lean Management Quiz! This engaging quiz is designed to assess your understanding of lean principles and methodologies.

Perfect for professionals and enthusiasts alike, you'll be challenged on:

  • Understanding key concepts like Muda and Poka Yoke
  • The 5s Technique and its benefits
  • Identifying waste and its forms
12 Questions3 MinutesCreated by OptimizingProcess123
What is Lean Management?
A flow of steps meant to optimize resources and create value to customers.
Identifies many possible causes for an effect or problem and sorts ideas into useful categories.
A structured, prepared form for collecting and analyzing data; a generic tool that can be adapted for a wide variety of purposes.
A bar graph that shows which factors are more significant.
The Principals of Lean are..
Identifies many possible causes for an effect or problem and sorts ideas into useful categories.
To identify value, use value stream mapping, creating smooth continuous workflow, having a need or pull system, and continuous improvement.
To involve all levels of employees, encouraging suggestions for small incremental improvements across all areas of the business which over time have a major impact.
To ensure quality you must meet the needs of the stakeholder
Pros in practicing Lean are...
Leaders involve their workers in the process which increases the employee satisfaction and retention.
Need extra care for development.
Requires more of a hands-on management that is involved.
Provides an unsafe work environment
The 5s Technique is...
Suspend, sort, set in order, shine, sustain.
Sort, set in order, shine, standardize, and sustain.
Sort, set in order, shine, simplify, sustain.
Sort, shine, specify, standardize, sustain.
The 8 Forms of waste are....
Defects
Over production
Waiting
Non-Utilized Talent
Transportation
Inventory
Motion
Discounts
Coupons
Extra processing
Kanban uses a 3-Bin System
Yes
No
Focuses on continuous improvement and short term projects and usually includes everyone's effort.
Kanban
The 5s Technique
Kaizen/Blitz
Flow Sheets
Muda refers to...
Lean flow
Lean strategies
Lean concepts
Lean waste
Poka Yoke focuses on error proofing.
Yes
No
Takt Time includes available production time and customer complaints.
Yes
No
Value Stream mapping uses symbols to show various work streams.
Yes
No
This type of supply chain aims to reduce timing delays and costs by perfecting the timing of ordering materials.
Over night shipping
Free pick up
JIT (Just In Time)
Supply and Demand
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