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Lean Terminology
Lean terminology
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10/07/2011

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Work Load Balancing
Definition
The distribution of work units across the value stream to maintain takt and pitch.
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Standard Work
Definition
The agreed upon set of procedures that effectively combines people and materials to maintain quality , efficiency, safety, and predictability.
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Just-in time
Definition
The concept that allows work to flow between processes with little or no queue time.
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5S
Definition
Improves employee moral; Involves everyone;success is easy;foundation for lean.
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Genchi Genbutsu
Definition
Go and see; principal of lean suggesting that in order to truly understand a situation, one needs to go where the work is done.
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Takt Time
Definition
The time to produce a single work unit or provide a service based on customer demand
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Low Hanging Fruit
Definition
The problems & opportunities that are easy to address with relatively little effort or money.
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Hansei
Definition
To acknowledge your own mistake and to pledge improvement.
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Mura
Definition
Inconsistency or uneveness
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Heijunka
Definition
Balances work loads via visual controls
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Kanban
Definition
It acts as a physical reminder of what is needed, when it is needed,and how much is needed;This visual aid is nesscessary before an upstream process produces work or provides a service.
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Kaizen
Definition
Japanese for "improvement" or "change for the better; Refers to the philosophy or practices that focus upon continous improvement of processes.
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Lean
Definition
The core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Simply, lean means creating more value for customers with fewer resources.

The core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Simply, it means creating more value for customers with fewer resources.
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Value Stream Mapping
Definition
Includes both value-added and non-value added activities;
Allows for "seeing" areas of waste in current state;Future state is a roadmap for change; Create icons specific to your business or industry
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Eight wastes
Definition
Defects
Overproduction
Waiting
over processing
Variation (motion)
Inventory
Motion/Transportation
Underutilized Employees
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Value Stream Mapping
Definition
will be a process flow chart
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Gemba walk
Definition
will be mgt walking and talking
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Andon
Definition
Will look like street lights
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bottleneck
Definition
will look like work stoppage
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