Lean Bronze Exam With Accurate Answers
2025-2026
SIPOC Charting - ANSWER List 3-5 key steps in the Process
List the Outputs of each step (and requirements of customer)
List Inputs (and requirements of the person doing the work)
List the Supplier of each input
List the CTQ's for the process
The real value is the conversations it inspires.
To be used when beginning to study a process in order to understand the fundamentals
that comprise the process.
SIPOC Value - ANSWER The real value is the conversations it inspires
4M's - ANSWER A methodology for stability created by Toyota. Man, Machine, Material,
and Methods
5S - ANSWER Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize and Sustain
Pareto Principle - ANSWER The belief that 80 percent of errors are caused by only 20
percent of the inputs.
80/20 rule - ANSWER Pareto Principle. The belief that 80 percent of errors are caused
by only 20 percent of the inputs
Affinity Diagram - ANSWER A tool used to group different data or ideas into categories.
, Affinity diagrams are sometimes used during brainstorming.
Annual cost of Goods sold - ANSWER The total costs involved in making a product or
service. Annual cost of goods sold usually includes labor and materials.
Atonomation - ANSWER Also know as Jidoka. Providing machines and operators the
ability to detect when an abnormal condition has occurred and immediately stop work.
Availability ANSWER The element of OEE that measures, as a % of scheduled time, the
losses due to equipment failures and adjustments.
Able to define waste and explain its consequences on people who do the work -
ANSWER
Understands that Gemba is always the best source of information for improvement. -
ANSWER
All improvement activities should be able to be linked to customer satisfaction, quality,
cost and/or delivery. - ANSWER
Understand why the use of the scientific method is important to solve problems. -
ANSWER
Ability to develop a spaghetti diagram to depict flow within a work cell - ANSWER
Ability to define and calculate takt time for a process. - ANSWER
Likely to be "solutions" focused versus focused ont temporary countermeasures -
ANSWER
2025-2026
SIPOC Charting - ANSWER List 3-5 key steps in the Process
List the Outputs of each step (and requirements of customer)
List Inputs (and requirements of the person doing the work)
List the Supplier of each input
List the CTQ's for the process
The real value is the conversations it inspires.
To be used when beginning to study a process in order to understand the fundamentals
that comprise the process.
SIPOC Value - ANSWER The real value is the conversations it inspires
4M's - ANSWER A methodology for stability created by Toyota. Man, Machine, Material,
and Methods
5S - ANSWER Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize and Sustain
Pareto Principle - ANSWER The belief that 80 percent of errors are caused by only 20
percent of the inputs.
80/20 rule - ANSWER Pareto Principle. The belief that 80 percent of errors are caused
by only 20 percent of the inputs
Affinity Diagram - ANSWER A tool used to group different data or ideas into categories.
, Affinity diagrams are sometimes used during brainstorming.
Annual cost of Goods sold - ANSWER The total costs involved in making a product or
service. Annual cost of goods sold usually includes labor and materials.
Atonomation - ANSWER Also know as Jidoka. Providing machines and operators the
ability to detect when an abnormal condition has occurred and immediately stop work.
Availability ANSWER The element of OEE that measures, as a % of scheduled time, the
losses due to equipment failures and adjustments.
Able to define waste and explain its consequences on people who do the work -
ANSWER
Understands that Gemba is always the best source of information for improvement. -
ANSWER
All improvement activities should be able to be linked to customer satisfaction, quality,
cost and/or delivery. - ANSWER
Understand why the use of the scientific method is important to solve problems. -
ANSWER
Ability to develop a spaghetti diagram to depict flow within a work cell - ANSWER
Ability to define and calculate takt time for a process. - ANSWER
Likely to be "solutions" focused versus focused ont temporary countermeasures -
ANSWER
