Lean Six Sigma Exam 1
What is Lean (SIMPA) - answer Specify Value, Identify Value Stream, Make it Flow,
Pull, Always Improving
What is Six Sigma (DMAIC) - answerDefine, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
What is Six Sigma (DMADV) - answerDefine, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify
What is the purpose of lean - answerReduce waste
What is the purpose of Six Sigma - answerReduce variability and defects
Knowledge barriers to implementation - answerLack of training, lack of knowledge
Cultural barriers to implementation - answerFear, time pressure, lack of trust, resistance
to change, poor communication
Management barriers to implementation - answerlack of leadership, lack of
commitment, lack of hands on involvement
Know the history of lean - answerI'm too lazy to make that many flash cards
Economies of Scale - answerCost savings when increasing scale of operation
Economies of scope - answerefficiencies formed by variety, not volume
Types of waste (7 types) - answerOver-production, Waiting, Non-utilized resources,
Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Over-processing
Takt Time - answerAvailable Work Time/Customer Required Volume
What does Quality at Source do (6 things) - answerReduces defects, reduces cost of
defects, improves throughput performance, gives employees ownership, boost
employee motivation and morale, reduces cost of quality
3 approaches to quality at source - answerPoke Yoke, Jidoka, Crew Resource
Management
Poke Yoke - answerA mechanism to prevent a mistake being made (Nozzle at a gas
pump)
What is Lean (SIMPA) - answer Specify Value, Identify Value Stream, Make it Flow,
Pull, Always Improving
What is Six Sigma (DMAIC) - answerDefine, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
What is Six Sigma (DMADV) - answerDefine, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify
What is the purpose of lean - answerReduce waste
What is the purpose of Six Sigma - answerReduce variability and defects
Knowledge barriers to implementation - answerLack of training, lack of knowledge
Cultural barriers to implementation - answerFear, time pressure, lack of trust, resistance
to change, poor communication
Management barriers to implementation - answerlack of leadership, lack of
commitment, lack of hands on involvement
Know the history of lean - answerI'm too lazy to make that many flash cards
Economies of Scale - answerCost savings when increasing scale of operation
Economies of scope - answerefficiencies formed by variety, not volume
Types of waste (7 types) - answerOver-production, Waiting, Non-utilized resources,
Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Over-processing
Takt Time - answerAvailable Work Time/Customer Required Volume
What does Quality at Source do (6 things) - answerReduces defects, reduces cost of
defects, improves throughput performance, gives employees ownership, boost
employee motivation and morale, reduces cost of quality
3 approaches to quality at source - answerPoke Yoke, Jidoka, Crew Resource
Management
Poke Yoke - answerA mechanism to prevent a mistake being made (Nozzle at a gas
pump)
