ii. TPS Terms: Write the letter corresponding to the most appropriate example or

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ii. TPS Terms: 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

(a) - Unnecessary movements are waste of resources hence called Muda.

(b)Andon cord is a means to signal and ask for assistance from supervisor in case a defect occurs.

(c) Ishikawa or cause and effect diagrams are effectiev tools for reaching the root cause of defects.

(d) The philosophy is called Kaizen

(e) kanban is amethod of controlling WIP inventory

(f) Heijunka is the technique to level the production according to the demand.

(g) Jidoka is a tehnique of stopping the production as the defect occurs.

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