Anything that limits a system from achieving higher performance or throughput also, the bottleneck that most severely limits the organization’s ability to achieve higher performance relative to its purpose/goal.
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What is a fishbone diagram used for?
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To map out all potential causes of a problem.
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What is a functional layout?
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The practice of grouping machines or activities by type of operation performed.
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What is a histogram used for?
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Shows distribution and shape characteristics of process data.
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What is a Pareto chart used for?
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To identify the vital few sources causing most defects.
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What is a Pareto chart?
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A graph showing frequency of problems from most to least occurring.
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What is a process considered if a control chart has special cause variation?
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Out of control.
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What is a pull system?
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A system where downstream processes withdraw items from upstream supermarkets.
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What is a scatter diagram used for?
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To assess correlation between an input and output variable.
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What is a stakeholder analysis?
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The process of identifying project stakeholders and determining their needs/interests.
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What is a stakeholder?
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Any person or group impacted by the project.
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What is a value stream?
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All activities required to provide a product or service to the customer.
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What is activity based costing?
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An accounting system that assigns costs to a product based on the amount of resources used to design, order or make it.
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What is cellular manufacturing?
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Arranging machines in the correct process sequence, with operators remaining within the cell and materials presented to them from outside.
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What is changeover time?
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The time required to modify a system or workstation, usually including both teardown time for the existing condition and setup time for the new condition.
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What is cycle time?
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The time required to complete one cycle of an operation. If cycle time for every operation in a complete process can be reduced to equal takt time, products can be made in single-piece flow.
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What is downtime?
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Lost production time during which a piece of equipment is not operating correctly due to breakdown, maintenance, power failures or similar events.
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What is equipment availability?
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Machine operational availability is the percentage of time during which a process (or equipment) is available to run.
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What is error detection?
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A hybrid form of error proofing. It means a bad part can be made but will be caught immediately, and corrective action will be taken to prevent another bad part from being produced.
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What is essential to best accomplish a six sigma design?
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Y = f(x)
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