E
1 term
Efficiency
Meeting customer requirements exactly with the minimum amount of resources.
See : Overproduction, Seven Wastes.
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K
1 term
Kaizen Promotion Office
See: Lean Promotion Office.
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L
1 term
Lean Promotion Office
A support team for a lean transformation, often formed from pre-existing groups in industrial engineering, maintenance, facilities management and quality.
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O
1 term
Operation
Work performed on an item by a machine or a person.
See: Process.
P
2 terms
Plan for Every Person
A program for training and developing employees that shows the skills required and the skills already developed.
See: Multi-Process Handling.
Production Analysis Board
A board, usually a large whiteboard, placed next to a process to show actual performance compared with planned performance.
See: PDCA.
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