Lean Dictionary
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Welcome to the Lean Dictionary section of the Award Winning Continuous Improvement Companion. This Lean Dictionary links to our Lean Encyclopedia and downloadable reference guide. It containg a wealth of information, tips, and pitfalls to avoid for beginners and experts alike.
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- 10-Year Old Mindset
3
- 3 Reals
5
- 5 Whys
- 5 Whys Form
- 5S
7
- 7 Wastes
8
- 80/20 Rule
- 8D for Lean Problem Solving (8 Disciplines)
9
- 9-Square (Prioritization Tool)
A
- A3 Management
- A3 Problem Solving
- A3 Process
- A3 Report
- Abnormal Conditions
- Absences
- Accountability in Lean
- Accounting
- Accuracy
- Action Date
- Action Plan
- Activity-Based Costing
- Ad Hoc Query
- Administrative Processes
- Affinity Diagram
- Aha! Moments
- Algorithm
- Allocation (Resource)
- Ambiguity
- Amortization
- Analysis
- Andon
- Apples to Oranges Comparisons
- Assumptions
- Audits
- Authority
- Automatic Machine Cycle Time
B
- Backsliding
- Backups (Employee)
- Baka Yoke
- Bar Charts
- Batch Manufacturing (+VIDEO)
- Batches
- Bells and Whistles
- Best Practices
- Better, Not Perfect (+Lean PDF)
- Bias (In Data Collection)
- Boredom
- Bottlenecks
- Brainstorming Techniques
- Brand
- Buffer Time
C
- Call Center
- Capacity
- Capital Expenses
- Card, Kanban
- Cause and Effect (Fishbone) Diagram (+ VIDEO)
- Cell, U Shaped
- Cell, Work
- Cellular Manufacturing System
- Chaku-Chaku
- Changeover
- Chart, Process Flow
- Chart, Run
- Checklists (+Lean PDF)
- Checkpoints
- Coaching
- Communication
- Competition
- Complacency
- Complexity
- Compromise
- Computers
- Conflicts
- Confusion
- Consistency
- Constraints
- Continuous Improvement
- Continuous Improvement Culture
- Contract (of Change)
- Control, Visual
- Conveyors
- Cooperation
- Correlation
- Costs
- Countermeasure Sheet
- Countermeasures
- Creativity
- Credibility - Lean
- Critical Few
- Criticism
- Cross-training
- Culture, Continuous Improvement
- Customer Behavior
- Customer Demand
- Customers
- Cycle
- Cycle Time (+Lean PDF)
- Cycle Time Reduction
D
- Daily Improvement
- Data Collection
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