QUESTION 9 Describe the following: Push system     System for moving work to the next station as it is completed     System for moving work from a preceding station as needed     Maintaining equipment in good condition     Maintaining a workplace that is clean     System of lights used at each workstation to signal problems or slowdowns   QUESTION 10   Identify sources of waste (Waiting)     Inefficient routing     Excess inventory     Poor layout design, unnecessary steps, inadequate training     Order waiting to be processed, request for information awaiting answers     Excess supplies and equipment   QUESTION 11   Describe the following: Takt time     purpose is to eliminate product defects by preventing, correcting, or drawing attention to human errors as they occur     intelligent automation     A highly coordinated processing system in which goods move through the system, and services are performed, just as they are needed     Japanese term for quality at the source     the cycle time that matches the pace of production to the demand rate

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QUESTION 9

  1. Describe the following: Push system

       

    System for moving work to the next station as it is completed

       

    System for moving work from a preceding station as needed

       

    Maintaining equipment in good condition

       

    Maintaining a workplace that is clean

       

    System of lights used at each workstation to signal problems or slowdowns

     

    QUESTION 10

     

    Identify sources of waste (Waiting)

       

    Inefficient routing

       

    Excess inventory

       

    Poor layout design, unnecessary steps, inadequate training

       

    Order waiting to be processed, request for information awaiting answers

       

    Excess supplies and equipment

     

    QUESTION 11

     

    Describe the following: Takt time

       

    purpose is to eliminate product defects by preventing, correcting, or drawing attention to human errors as they occur

       

    intelligent automation

       

    A highly coordinated processing system in which goods move through the system, and services are performed, just as they are needed

       

    Japanese term for quality at the source

       

    the cycle time that matches the pace of production to the demand rate

     

    QUESTION 12

     

    Describe the following: Just-in-time (JIT)

       

    the cycle time that matches the pace of production to the demand rate

       

    A highly coordinated processing system in which goods move through the system, and services are performed, just as they are needed

       

    purpose is to eliminate product defects by preventing, correcting, or drawing attention to human errors as they occur

       

    intelligent automation

       

    Japanese term for quality at the source

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