Lean Project Methodologies quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   In Lean, what is "waste" called in Japanese?

   Answer: Muda

   Why: Toyota teaches that the other two of the three Ms, overburden and unevenness, are the root causes that keep generating it.

2. 2 Medium

   Which researcher originally coined the term 'Lean' in a 1988 article?

   Answer: John Krafcik

   Why: He was an MIT graduate student on the International Motor Vehicle Program at the time, and later ran Hyundai in North America before leading Waymo.

3. 3 Hard

   What practice levels out production to reduce the "bullwhip effect"?

   Answer: Heijunka

   Why: The name for the whipping effect is a supply chain import: Jay Forrester modelled it at MIT and Procter and Gamble staff supplied the nickname.

4. 4 Easy

   Which tool visually maps the flow of materials and information?

   Answer: Value Stream Map

   Why: Toyota calls it the material and information flow diagram, and it is the one tool that puts both of those flows on the same page.

5. 5 Medium

   Which Lean tool puts a whole problem and its plan on one sheet of paper?

   Answer: A3 report

   Why: The name is the paper size: 297 by 420 millimetres has to hold the problem, the root cause, the countermeasures and the follow-up.

6. 6 Hard

   What is the Lean term for a self-reflection meeting?

   Answer: Hansei

   Why: Toyota holds one even when a project succeeds, on the principle that no problem found is itself the problem.