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A way of regulating the working relationship between two machines or operators that controls overproduction and ensures the balanced use of resources. See : Inventory, Overproduction.
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The principle and practice of maintaining precision in the sequence of production and material movement, ensuring that the first part to enter a process or storage location is also the first part to exit. This ensures…
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Leveling the type and quantity of production over a fixed period of time. This enables production to efficiently meet customer demands while avoiding excess inventory and reducing costs, labor, and production lead time…
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Materials (and information) present along a value stream between processing steps. Physical inventory is usually categorized by its position in the value stream and by its purpose. Raw materials, work-in-process and…
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A measure of how quickly materials are moving through a plant or through an entire value stream, calculated by dividing a given cost measure by the amount of inventory on hand. See : Inventory.
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Producing more, sooner, or faster than is required by the next process. Ohno considered overproduction the most serious form of waste because it generates and hides other wastes, such as inventory, defects, and excess…
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Taiichi Ohno's categorization of the seven major wastes commonly found in mass production: overproduction, waiting, transportation, processing, inventory, motion and correction. See: Changeover, Setup Reduction.
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The amount of inventory needed before each processing step so that it flows smoothly. See: Inventory .
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Establishing precise procedures for the work of each operator in a production process, based on the following three elements: Takt time, which is the rate at which products must be produced to meet customer demand. The…
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A tool used to level the mix and volume of production by distributing kanban at fixed intervals. Also known as a leveling box. See: Every Part Every Interval (EPEx), Heijunka, Kanban, Material Handling, Paced Withdrawal…
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One of the foundations of the Toyota Production System – "heijunka" – which means leveled production, is discussed in this article, showing how Toyota is placing new emphasis on this element in a "back to basics" effort.
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