Lean Compendium

dirty, dangerous, difficult (Source: TBM Consulting Group http://www.tbmcg.com/de/about/ terminology.php)

3 elements of demand: The three factors of customer satisfaction are quality, cost and delivery terms.

The three elements of Just in Time (JIT) are:

• takt
• timeflow production
• the downstream pull system

5S or also 5A (German language area) is a workplace organization (methodology), which is used in production but also increasingly in the service sector. It is an idea from Japanese production concepts, which serves as a tool to make workplaces and their environment safe, clean and clear. Without the basic prerequisite of cleanliness and order, neither quality work nor improvement of work processes is possible.

Goals:

• No disturbance
• No searching
• Short transport routes
• Avoidance of waiting time

From this follows: => No waste As a methodical tool, the 5S can be applied in all areas of an organization 5S stands for:

• Seiri: Sort out!
• Seiton: Put down neatly!
• Seiso: Clean!
• Seiketsu: Keep clean!
• Shitsuke: Exercise self-discipline!

However, some translations go to the ?A? Therefore the concept is also known as ?5A?

5A stands for:

• Sort out!
• Tidy up! (Arrange work equipment ergonomically)
• Workplace cleanliness!
• Make arrangement a rule!
• Adhere to and improve all points!

Read more detailed explanation News about 5S:

The philosophy 5S: more than order and cleanliness

Literature: The German 5S Workbook

The 7 types of waste Waste happens due to:

• Overproduction (too much quantity)
• Inventory (too much material used)
• Transportation (too long distances)
• Waiting time (too much time)
• Manufacturing process
• Unnecessary movement
• Occurring errors

Meanwhile, 2 other types of waste are often discussed:

• Waste due to poor ergonomics (especially with regard to employees)
• Talent not used or used incorrectly

The ABC analysis is an easy-to-use method of situation analysis for focus formation and priority setting. With it concentration relations can be conveyed graphically descriptive (Lorenzkurve). Original application was the determination of characteristic quantities with the income distribution by the American Lorenz. In the material economy the ABC analysis determines the cost portion of the different camp parts of the camp total costs. In manufacturing the materials with the highest cost portion of the product are of interest. In marketing and selling it applies to make the few articles out, which bring together a high turnover portion of the total turnover. (Source: GPM)

The ability to detect and correct a malfunction, i.e., any deviation from a standard operating procedure, in a timely manner.(Source: TBM Consulting Group http://www.tbmcg.com/de/about/ terminology.php)

Acceptance is the more or less approving attitude and stance of an individual or group towards an object, subject or other circumstance. (Source: GPM)

Definition according to DIN: The VKN is a network plan according to a procedure in which mainly activities are described and represented by arrows.

Definition according to DIN: The VON is a network diagram that is characterized exclusively by the description of activities (regardless of the form of representation).