Continuous Improvement - Multiple Choice Questions

What is meant by the waste of motion?

• The time spent by materials between processes

• The unnecessary movement of materials

• Moving parts twice between processes

• Any unnecessary movement by people

Making some extra parts in a batch in case of quality problems is an example of which type of waste?

• Overprocessing

• Overproduction

• Defects

• Contingency planning

Which waste means not making full use of the skills and knowledge of workers?

• Unused talent

• Motion

• Overproduction

• Waiting

What is meant by the waste of overprocessing?

• Making materials wait between manufacturing processes

• Making products that do not meet the expectations of customers

• Producing work that is higher quality than needed

• Making more products than the customer needs

Which KPI means the number of products manufactured per unit time?

• Capacity utilisation

• Throughput

• Cycle time

• OEE

What does OEE stand for?

• Overall environment effectiveness

• Overall environment efficiency

• Operating equipment efficiency

• Operating equipment effectiveness

Which KPI means the time to switch a process between different products?

• Changeover time

• Lead time

• Waiting time

• Cycle time

The output of a process in a one-hour period was 18 products. The cycle time for an individual product on the process was three minutes. Calculate the capacity utilisation.

• 54%

• 82%

• 90%

• 94%

What does the D stand for in the PDCA cycle?

• Design

• Direct

• Do

• Develop

Which visual management tool would be most effective to reduce the time spent searching for missing tools?

• Shadow board

• Progress board

• SOP

• Sight glass