Question 1

Explain lean control in a school setting.

Question 2

What are some lean applications you can use in a medical facility?Explain...

To gain the most benefits from lean, managers must be able to determine what specific lean tools and techniques will be effective in their particular business. And to make that determination, they must clearly understand what lean is designed to accomplish (its primary objectives) and what core principles lean is based on. With this understanding, managers can decide which lean tools will work well in their business, which lean tools will need to be modified or adapted to work well, and which tools are simply not appropriate.

What, then, are the major objectives and core principles of lean?

Question 3

What are the 5lean principles?Explain each one in terms of a manufacturing facility (Toyota, Ford, etc.).

Define Value from the Customer's Perspective

Describe the Value Stream for Each Product or Service

Create Flow in Each Value Stream

Produce at the Pace (Pull) of Actual Customer Demand

Strive to Continuously Improve All Business Operations

Question 4

What doesmudamean and how could it be used with a cellular company (Sprint, Verizon, etc.)?

Elimination of Waste Is the Soul of Lean

Mudais a Japanese term for activity that is wasteful and doesn't add value. It is also a key concept in lean control. Waste reduction is an effective way to increase profitability. Here are the seven deadly wastes, along with their definitions:

1. Defects
2. Overproduction
3. Transportation
4. Waiting
5. Inventory
6. Motion
7. Overprocessing

Question 5

What are the 7deadly waste of Muda? Explain each one in termsof it being used at a store like Walmart, HEB, etc.

Elimination of Waste Is the Soul of Lean

Mudais a Japanese term for activity that is wasteful and doesn't add value. It is also a key concept in lean control. Waste reduction is an effective way to increase profitability. Here are the seven deadly wastes, along with their definitions:

1 Defects

2 Overproduction

3 Transportation

4 Waiting

5 Inventory

6 Motion

7 Overprocessing

Question 6

Explain Total Quality Management in terms of customer service.

Total Quality Management (TQM)

" Interfunctional approach to Quality Management involving Marketing, Engineering, Purchasing, Materials, Human Resources, etc..As developed by Joseph Juran, the Team defines defects by examining Customer expectations.The focus is on prevention, detection, and elimination of sources of defects."APICS 7th Edition Dictionary

Question 7

Explain the 3 primary ingredientsofJust in Time and how it can be used in a transportation company.

Examples:

" Primary Ingredient #1, People Involvement "

1.Want to do what is right

2. Want to produce good Quality

" Primary Ingredient #2, High Quality "

1. Conformance to requirements, Crosby

2. Quality at the source

" Primary Ingredient #3, Gaining Control of the business, good schedules "

1. Good, On-time design

Question 8

What does"Lean in the Office"mean and if you could improve this process,what would you change (explain why)?

Question 9

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How would you use MUDAat home or at your work environment? Explain using using ALL 7 deadly wastes.

Elimination of Waste Is the Soul of Lean

Mudais a Japanese term for activity that is wasteful and doesn't add value. It is also a key concept in lean control. Waste reduction is an effective way to increase profitability. Here are the seven deadly wastes, along with their definitions:

1. Defects
2. Overproduction
3. Transportation
4. Waiting
5. Inventory
6. Motion
7. Overprocessing

Question 10

Why is lean associated with Toyota Motor Corporation? How is this transferred to other industries and does it work? Explain and defend.

Lean will always be associated with Toyota Motor Corporation because most lean tools and techniques were developed by Toyota in Japan beginning in the 1950s. After World War II, Toyota's leaders were determined to make the company a full-range car and truck manufacturing enterprise, but they faced several serious challenges etc.,