TPS dictionary

5S 5S is the name of a workplace organization method that uses a list of five Japanese words: seiri, seiton, seiso, seik...

zone control Each management level should think of managing in terms of or her"zone". In an ideal world, it might be pos...

Zero Defects Zero Defects (or ZD) was a management-led program to eliminate defects in industrial production that enjoye...

work sequence Now that the line balancing is complete, the work for each operator must follow a standard process. This p...

WIP(work in process) Material that has entered the production process but is not yet a finished product. Work in progres...

Visualization It is more effective for you to identity abnormalities through seeing operators' movement ,machines,work p...

visual management What is visual management ? It means the placement in view of all tools,oarts,production activties and...

Value stream mapping Value stream mapping is a lean manufacturing or lean enterprise technique used to document, analyze...

U Shape U-shaped flow is perhaps the most common flow configuration to implement. A U-shaped configuration allows the wo...

Unevenness（Mura) Most Lean practitioners that I have met have little idea as to what is Mura only really being aware of ...