- A method to continually improve an operation at little capital expense by solving problems, eliminating wasteful costs, reducing lead times and improving quality.
- A logical approach to continually improve an operation by involving key employees in solving problems, eliminating wasteful costs, reducing lead times and improving quality.
- A systematic method to continually improve an operation at little capital expense by involving all employees in solving problems, eliminating wasteful costs, reducing lead times and improving quality.
- A systematic method to continually improve an operation at little capital expense by involving all employees in solving problems, reducing lead times and improving quality.
What statement best descriibes "Value" in BIT terms?
What customers pay for a product or service
What customers are willing to pay for
The cost to make or deliver a product or service to the customer.
Having a sale
What statement best describes "Waste" in BIT terms
All products or services that do not pass inspection and are scrapped off.
Everything we find in the rubbish dump
Having to rework products and services to meet the customers needs
Anything that consumes resources but, adds no value.
To make any process more lean we need to do what? - Which statement below best describes how to do this in BIT terms
- Elimniate all the non value adding activities - e.g. remove the waste.
- Optimise the value adding activities, Challenge the essential non value adding activities and elimniate the non value adding - the waste.
- Focus on improving the value adding activites though use of - time study, work study, piece rewards, automation, working harder, bonuses.
- Automate or liquidate
What does the abbreviation "DMAIC" stand for in BIT terms
Draw, Mark, Analyse, Include, Count.
Detail, Mark, Ask, Inquire, Conlude
Define, Measure, Answer, Inquire, Conclude
Define, Measure, Analyse, Implement, Control
What does the acronym PDCA stand for in BIT terms
Play, Dance, Call and Act
Purchase, Deliver, Circulate, Ask,
Plan, Develope, Circulate, Act
Plan, Do, Check, Act.
We can define waste as anything that consumes resource but adds no value. Typically there are 8 types of waste plus energy, space, safety, and environmental losses. what are the 8 wastes
- 1. Scrap 2. Inspection 3. Rework 4. Waiting time 5. Tea breaks 6. Excessive transportation 7. Over production 8. Illness
- 1. Over production 2. Inventory 3. Motion 4. Waiting 5. Transportation 6. Over processing 7. Defects and rework 8. Non utilisation of employees
- 1. Scrap 2. Waiting Time 3. Rework, 4. Over production 5. Illness 6. Tea breaks 7. Inspections 8. Transportation
Six sigma terminology uses the gusian curve where we expect all products or services to fall within plus or minus 6 sigma that is 99.99966% of the process variation will fall within plus or minus 6 sigma. If that is the case then how many defects are expected per million opportunities