Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma ✘ Kaizen ✘ 5S ✘ SMED ✔

Keeping tools and gages in kits ✘ Adding adjustments to fixtures and tools ✘ Mistake proofing setup activities ✘ Defining internal and external tasks ✔

Kanban ✘ 5S ✘ VSM ✘ TOC ✔

TQM ✘ TPM ✘ SMED ✘ Kanban ✔

Operators need to work harder ✘ One piece moves to the next operation ✘ Larger lot sizes ✘ Batch ✔

Set of tools designed to improve productivity ✘ Efficiency improvement technique ✘ Means to improve responsiveness to the customer ✘ Method for reducing labor cost ✔

Six sigma ✘ TQM ✘ Lean manufacturing ✘ Kaizen ✔

1 minute ✘ 58.4 seconds ✘ 52.5 seconds ✘ 53.5 seconds ✔

Market research ✘ Quality of working life (QWL) ✘ Line-stop authority ✘ Flexibility ✔

Functional clamps ✘ External ✘ Internal ✘ Intermediate jigs ✔