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5S

5 Why’s

6 Sigma

7 Wastes

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A

Activity-Based Costing (ABC)

ABC Inventory

ANDON

Autonomation

Available-to-Promise

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B

Balanced Production

Batch Manufacturing

Benchmarking

Bottleneck

Bump-Back

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C

Capability

Capacity

Cause and Effect Diagram

Cellular Manufacturing

Change Agent(s)

Changeovers

Co-location

Concurrent Engineering

Constraint

Continuous Improvement

Continuous Flow

Creative Problem Solving

Current State or “As Is” Map

Cycle Time

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D

Demand Management

Distribution Management

Dynamic Scheduling Software

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E

Empowerment

Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP)

Error & Mistake-Proofing

External Setup

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F

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

First In First Out (F.I.F.O.)

Fishbone Diagram

Flexible Automation

Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS)

Flow Chart

Future State Map

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G

Gemba

Goal

Group Technology (GT)

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I

“Ideal State” Map

Innovation

Internal Customers

Internal Setup

Internal Suppliers

Inventory

Inventory Turns

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J

Just-in-Time (JIT)

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K

Kaizen Implementation Team(s)

KanBan

Knowledge-Based System

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L

Last In First Out (L.I.F.O.)

Lead- Time

Lean Enterprise

Lean Manufacturing (LEAN)

Level-Loading & Mixed-Level-Loading

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M

Manufacturability

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP II)

Manufacturing Test/Verify

Mass Customization

Mass Production

Master Schedule

Materials Handling

Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)

Multi functional Teams

MUDA

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N

Non-Value-Adding

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O

Operations

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

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P

Painted Floor

Pareto Chart

Process

Process Map

Process Re-engineering

Productivity

Prototype

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Q

QS-9000

Quality Audit

Quality-by-Design

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R

Rapid Prototyping

Re-engineering

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S

Single Minute Exchange of Die (S.M.E.D.)

Standardized Work

Statistical Quality Control (SQC)

Supply Chain Management

Systems Integration

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T

Takt Time

Teams

Team Leader

Throughput

Tier 1 Supplier

Tier 2 Supplier

Time-based Competition

Time to Market

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

True Capacity

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V

Value-Adding (VA)

Variation

Virtual Prototyping

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W

Waste

Work Cells

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