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03/28/2014
Continuous Improvement Quiz
Here are 10 of the 25 questions on the quiz. Check out what you know!
1. A tool that is used as 1) a simple way to capture data and information, 2) a standardized approach for team-based problem solving, and 3) a way to visually communicate information and ideas by telling a story is the:
- SIPOC diagram
- team charter
- kaizen form
- A3
- Checksheet
2. In general, the greatest potential to boost productivity comes from:
- benchmarking top performing companies
- employee recognition
- profit sharing
- idea generation system for employees
- maintaining database of problems and customer complaints
3. A technique for analyzing an operation to identify the vital few quality problems needing to be addressed is called a:
- value stream map
- Pareto analysis
- PDCA analysis
- root cause analysis
- kaizen blitz
4. An overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) study of a process revealed:
Availability: 8 hours were available but it only ran 6 hours
Performance: 500 items should have been produced but only 300 were produced
Quality: Of 300 items produced, 30 were defective
The OEE for this process is:
- 40%
- 60%
- 75%
- 90%
- Unknown, insufficient data
5. When conducting a makeready reduction activity based on the Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) concept, makeready time is broken into which two categories?
- value added and non-value added
- simple and complex
- internal and external
- automated and manual
- productive and non-productive
6. Which of the following is NOT one of the seven wastes in Lean manufacturing?
- transportation
- inventory
- space
- motion
- waiting
7. A highly focused improvement event that runs for a short period of time is called a:
- quality function deployment
- 5S event
- value stream improvement event
- PDCA activity
- kaizen blitz
8. A signal that alerts people of problems at a specific place in a process is called a:
- defect location signal
- andon
- problem locator
- waste indicator
- kaizen
9. Which activity is NOT considered value-adding according to Lean thinking?
- saddle stitching
- digital printing
- shipping
- estimating
- foil stamping
10. The ISO 9001 standard is best described as the:
- guidelines for developing quality manuals
- guidelines for auditing quality systems
- quality assurance requirements for measuring equipment
- standard method for specifying work processes
- requirements for a quality management system
If you'd like to take the full quiz, go to www.cvent.com/d/n4q8my.
To reach James Workman, author of the quiz and PIA's expert on all things CI:
412.259.1710 or mjworkman@printing.org
Don't forget the 2014 Continuous Improvement Conference, March 30th-April 2nd in Dallas. More information on the conference can be found at: http://ci14.printing.org.
