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1. Lean thinking can be applied to:
Difficulty: Moderate
2. Which of the following is not an element of lean?
Difficulty: Easy
3. A kanban card is used to signal that:
Difficulty: Moderate
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4. Lean emphasizes all of the following except:
Difficulty: Hard
5. For production control, lean pull systems are best suited for:
Difficulty: Moderate
6. With regards to suppliers, lean systems typically require:
Difficulty: Moderate
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7. Reducing setup time is important because it:
Difficulty: Easy
8. Given the following information pertaining to item AX143, determine the appropriate
number of kanban cards that should be used to support production.
Demand rate = 500 units/week
Time for container to complete circuit = 2 weeks
Safety stock = 30 percent
Size of container = 5 units
Difficulty: Moderate
9. Which of the following is NOT generally an element of a lean system?
Difficulty: Moderate
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10. If a work center has no empty kanban containers, the workers at the work center should do
which of the following?
Difficulty: Easy
11. The ideal setup time for a lean system is:
Difficulty: Moderate
12. The ideal lot size for a lean system is:
Difficulty: Moderate
13. The time it takes a container to complete an entire circuit consists of:
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14. If it takes 100 minutes to complete a circuit, demand at the next work center is 5 parts per
minute, and a kanban container holds 20 parts, how many containers are required?
Difficulty: Easy
15. Managing quality in a lean system:
Difficulty: Moderate
16. Supplier management in a lean system:
Difficulty: Moderate
17. One of the main objectives of a lean system is:
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18. Why is a uniform load desirable in a lean system?
Difficulty: Hard
19. Reduction of setup time is accomplished by separating internal and external setups and:
Difficulty: Easy
20. External setup time refers to:
Difficulty: Moderate
21. External setups refer to actions that require stoppage of the production process.
Difficulty: Moderate
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22. According to the lean philosophy, a stable master production schedule is desirable to
reduce the work-in-process inventories.
Difficulty: Easy
23. Value stream maps are similar to flowcharts and are used for identifying the waste and
non-value-added steps in the current process.
Difficulty: Easy
24. Lean is an example of a pull system while lean thinking is an example of a push system.
Difficulty: Moderate
25. A kanban system cannot be used in service industries.
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26. Kaizen events typically take between 1 to 2 months.
Difficulty: Moderate
27. One-touch setups could require as long as 9 minutes to perform.
Difficulty: Moderate
28. With lean thinking, a firm’s operations layout should evolve to a cellular manufacturing
layout.
Difficulty: Moderate
29. One of the keys to reducing inventory is reducing lead-time.
Difficulty: Moderate
30. Preventive maintenance is another term for stabilizing the master schedule.
Difficulty: Moderate
31. Takt time is the available time for production divided by demand.
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32. Toyota Production System is another term for a lean system.
Difficulty: Moderate
33. "Gemba" refers to data collection using the company's information system.
Difficulty: Moderate
Difficulty: Moderate
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35. What are the five tenets of lean thinking? In your own words, provide a road map for
implementing lean thinking in a manufacturing or service operations.
Difficulty: Moderate
36. What are the seven forms of waste associated with a lean system?
Difficulty: Moderate
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37. Explain the concept of value stream mapping.
38. How is the 5 Whys technique used in a lean system?
Difficulty: Moderate
39. Define the English terms in the 5S technique. How is this applied in practice?
Difficulty: Moderate
