"TPS dictionary"

5S 5S is the name of a workplace organization method that uses a li...

zone control Each management level should think of managing in terms ...

Zero Defects Zero Defects (or ZD) was a management-led program to eli...

work sequence Now that the line balancing is complete, the work f...

WIP(work in process) Material that has entered the production process...

Visualization It is more effective for you to identity abnormalities ...

visual management What is visual management ? It means the placement...

Value stream mapping Value stream mapping is a lean manufacturing...

U Shape U-shaped flow is perhaps the most common flow configuration t...

Unevenness（Mura) Most Lean practitioners that I have met have little ...