Quality Olympics!

______________ is the critical starting point of Lean thinking

• Project Value

• Customer Value

• Value Addition

• Program Value

To get firsthand Information, we need to

• Implement visual controls

• Brainstorm

• Go, and see for yourself

• Continuously monitor

Value is always defined from the perspective of the

• Customer

• Project

• Product

• All the above

______________ is the rate (time per unit of value) at which work should proceed through a Value Stream.

• Cycle Time

• Activity Time

• Takt Time

• All the above

This technique can be used to conduct root cause analysis

• 5 Whys

• Fishbone diagram

• Cause and Effect diagram

• All the above

Pull system helps in avoiding ______________

• Overproduction

• Slow production

• Fast production

• None of above

The main purpose of Visual control is to

• Create dashboards and metrics for measurement

• Ensure problems are not hidden

• Help in baselining and measuring the trends

• Showcase to the management on the success stories of the team

VSM (Value Stream Mapping) helps in

• Identifying areas where automation can be implemented

• Identifying areas for putting the mistake-proofing process

• Identifying value-adding and non-value-adding activity in a process

• Identifying areas where Visual control can be implemented

PDCA stands for

• Plan-Do-Check-Act

• Plan-Do-Control-Analyze

• Plan-Do-Check-Analyze

• Plan-Do-Control-Act

What is the typical first step towards identifying the area of waste elimination in a project?

• Root Cause Analysis

• 5S

• Mistake proofing

• Value Stream Mapping