Just-in-Time and Lean Systems

Covers: Rapid review of all 31 key terms from the operating efficiency competency in the order they were met: just-in-time and lean, waste and its four types, the six defining beliefs, the three elements of a just-in-time system, setup cost, inventory as waste, push versus pull, kanban cards and the kanban formula, small lots and setups, uniform plant loading, multifunction workers, cells, jidoka, poka-yoke, quality circles, bottom-round management, single-source suppliers, implementation order and the limits of lean, with a worked number for every formula. Real-world cases: Brief callback only: the 1997 Aisin Seiki fire and Toyota's five-day recovery, plus the NUMMI plant as the people lesson.