Exam 18: Lean Operating Systems

A hinge manufacturing company employs a Kanban system for a component part.The daily demand is 900 hinges.Each container has a waiting time of 0.05 days and a processing time of 0.37 days.The container size is 60 hinges,and the safety factor (α)is 10 percent.Given this data,the number of Kanbans necessary for the system is:

Drive-in-Style Motors follows a traditional manufacturing system.It produces a fixed number of cars every month.It is now planning to switch to a system of manufacturing where workers go to the source of required parts and withdraw them based on requirements.In this scenario,which of the following is most likely to occur if Drive-in-Style Motors implements this plan?

In the airline industry,short setup and turnaround time translates into _____.

In the context of Kanban systems,a withdrawal Kanban authorizes the gateway workstation to produce parts.

Any activity,material,or operation that does not add value in an organization is considered waste.

Which of the following is an example of waste in organizations?

In the context of the 5S principles,_____ means to arrange materials and equipment so that they are easy to find and use.

In the context of lean tools and approaches,_____,one of the components of the 5S principles,refers to a clean work area.

Quickly changing tooling and fixtures to reduce setup time and achieve higher flexibility and productivity is the principle of _____.

Which of the following is not true about lean principles?

In the context of the 5S principles,_____ refers to ensuring that each item in a workplace is in its proper place or identified as unnecessary and removed.

In the Timken company's bootcamp,employees and managers try to solve problems,such as removing non-value-added steps from processes to try to eliminate waste.