Lean enterprise, defined, 257Lean m

Lean enterprise, defined, 257
Lean manufacturing, defined, 257
Lean project charts, 240–242
Lean Six Sigma, defined, 257
Lean thinking, defined, 257
Lean toolbox, defined, 257
Line-balancing chart, 189–191
Load leveling, 193–195
Log sheets in data gathering, 99
Low-hanging fruit, defined, 257
M
Main flow
capturing, 41
identifying, 40–41
prominence in mapping, 47–48
Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)
settings, 144–145
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award,
257–258
Manufacturing case study, 76–78, 197–199
Manufacturing floor view, 1
Mapping
accuracy necessary for buy-in, 154–155
current state, 17ff
infrequent streams, 55
layout, 41
levels of, 47, 52
matrix approach, 17, 18ff
multiple streams, 11, 13
operator icon, 44
presentation formats, 163–164
process alignment, 47–50
process of, 11
resistance to, 11
reveals big picture, 121
target area approach, 17–18, 25–27
waste identification by, 11
Master Black Belt, defined, 258
Matrix approach, 17, 18ff
Milk run, defined, 258
Mixed work, 193–195
Modifying maps, 166–168
Monitoring changes, 237
Motion, excess, defined, 258
Movement of product, 42
MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul)
settings, 144–145
Muda, see Waste
Multiple streams, 22, 25; see also Parallel
flows; Subtasks
workers in, 11, 13
N
Necessary accuracy level, 121
Net available time, 35, 69
Network connectivity, 101–102
Noise, defined, 258
Non-value-added (NVA) activity, 42
can’t eliminate all, 207
defined, 258
removing, 180
shown in map, 122
Non-value-added (NVA) communication in
value stream map, 6
Non-value-added (NVA) time, 87
defined, 258
Not utilizing people, defined, 258
O
Observation, not historical data, 75
Operational definitions, defined, 258
Operator count shown in map, 80
Operator icon, 44
annotated with operator count, 81
Optional paths; see also Parallel flows;
Subtasks
in value stream map, 2
Output, defined, 258
Overcommunication, 6
Overproduction, defined, 258
P
Paced withdrawal, defined, 259
Pacemaker, 188–189
defined, 259
use of, 193, 195
Paperwork in process streams, 89, 139–140
Parallel flows; see also Subtasks
process stream mapping, 45
transactional stream mapping, 55
in value stream map, 2
Pareto Principle, 182
Paths in value stream map, 2
PDCA (Deming Cycle), 254
PDSA (Deming Cycle), 254
People, availability of, defined, 251
Perfection, pursuit of, 246
PLT, see Process lead time (PLT)
Point kaizen, 238
defined, 259
Poka-yoke, defined, 259
Positive approach, 210