TPS dictionary

TPS dictionary

heijunka

heijunka What is Heijunka? Heijunka means leveling the type and quantity of production over a fixed period of time. For ...
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fordism

fordism The lnnovations of the Ford System ・Consistently  lnterchangeable parts so that cycle times could be stable for ...
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fluctuation

fluctuation(Mura) Mura is a Japanese word meaning "unevenness; irregularity; lack of uniformity; nonuniformity; inequali...
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fixed location

fixed location Address, it for the storage area in the warehouse are locations. One reason to assign a location. It is n...
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five Whys

five Whys The 5 why’s typically refers to the practice of asking, five times, why the failure has occurred in order to g...
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extemal Setup work

extemal Setup work ・Internal Setup Work internal setup work can done be only when a machine is stopped. ・External Setup ...
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error proofing (device)

error proofing (device) What is Poka Yokel or Error Proofing? Poka means inadvertent erro,and"Yoke " means prevenlion.Po...
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eliminating Waste thoroughly

eliminating Waste thoroughly In these methods, they identified 3 general forms of waste, which they called in Japanese –...
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dropper

dropper Sakichi Toyoda invented an automatic loom that would stop automatically for problems. He equipped his loom with ...
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cycle sock

cycle sock Stock for the mean demand until the next delivery