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By doing Benchmarking we know the ____________ practices of the Industry
A) Best PracticesExplanation: Benchmarking is the search for industry Best Practices that lead to superior performance.
kurtz182
- Nov 23rd, 2009
I am going to go out on a limb here and select answer A) Best Practices. Ok, to add some value to this answer, I will include the following:Benchmarking is a process that compares the busine...
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Who designed Poka Yoke ?
A) Shigo ShingoExplanation: Mr. Shigeo Shingo, an industrial engineer at Toyota designed Poka Yoke
kurtz182
- Nov 23rd, 2009
Though Shigeo Shingo documented and formalized the process, it was Toyota that actually designed it. Shigeo made the process widely known in the United States and he added the term 'poka yoke' to the Japanese language.
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Poke Yoke devices prevent error from occuring
A) TrueB) FalseExplanation: he cause of many defects lie in worker errors. The defects are the results of neglecting those errors. Thus, if you eliminate worker errors, many defects will be eliminated.This is what Poka Yoke deviced does.
kurtz182
- Nov 23rd, 2009
A) True, 'poka yoke' devices prevent errors from occuring. The term literally means 'mistake-proofing' in Japanese. An example in consumer products would b...
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Poke Yoke devices are always Expensive and needs huge investment
A) TrueB) FalseExplanation: Simple devices can also be used as Poka Yoke devices
kurtz182
- Nov 24th, 2009
B) FalsePoka Yoke devices need not be expensive. They can be simple and inexpensive solutions to prevent mistakes from occuring.
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5S techniques are useful only in Production lines
A) TrueB) FalseExplanation: 5S can be used in any place, at home, at work place and also in the society
kurtz182
- Nov 24th, 2009
B) FalseClean and organized homes and workplaces create happy and productive residents and employees. It isn't surprising to discover that the 5S techniques are often employed in househ...
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5S Philosophy focuses on effective work place organization
A) EffectiveExplanation: 5S Philosophy focuses on effective work place organization, simplifies work environment, reduces waste while improving quality and safety.
kurtz182
- Nov 24th, 2009
Workplace organization (known as Seiton in Japanese) is one aspect of the 5S methodology. It teaches that effective organizaton in the workplace makes work much more efficient. A good exam...
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Which the Following matches between the Japanese word "Seiketsu" for 5S and its meanings
A) Spic & SpanB) Sorting outC) Self disciplineD) Systematic arrangementE) Standardise
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The goal of Kaizen is to eradicate the three Ms
A) TrueB) False
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What are the range of values that are assigned for Severity or occurance or Detection
A) 1 to 100B) 1 to 10C) 1 to 5
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Seven Old Quality Tools are also called as ________ based Quality Management tools
A) Numerical or Data or Quantitative
kurtz182
- Nov 23rd, 2009
The answer is A) Numerical or Data or Quantitative. The seven 'old' quality tools are:1) Cause and effect diagram (also known as the Ishikawa or Fishbone diagram)2) Control Chart3) Check Sheet4) Histogram5) Pareto Chart6) Scatter Diagram7) Flowchart
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The main purpose of the interrelationship diagram is to depict the relationships between different issues
A) TrueB) FalseExplanation: The main purpose of the interrelationship diagram is to depict the relationships between different issues. Often times this is used in conjunction with the affinity diagram. It can be very powerful in that it reveals the impact one issue can have on other issues.
kurtz182
- Nov 23rd, 2009
A) TrueAn interrelationship diagram is an analysis tool that allows a team to identify the cause-and-effect relationships among critical issues. This analysis helps distinguish between issues that serve as drivers and those that serve as outcomes.
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Arrow diagram is also called as _______ diagram
A) Activity Network diagram or Critical Path diagram or PERT DiagramExplanation: The Activity Network Diagram is also known as the PERT diagram or the critical path diagram. It evaluates the time it takes from the beginning of a process to the end of a process and determines where there is slack time, and what parts of the process can be improved in relation to time
amaralbert
- Sep 10th, 2009
Arrow diagram is one of the Project schedule network diagram formed by Arrow diagramming method.(ADM). It uses Arrows to represent activities and connects them at nodes to show their dependenciesThis ...
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Which Level of CMMI implements V Model?
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What is the difference between OPD and OPF KPAs of CMM?
baskie
- May 7th, 2008
Difference betweeb OPD and OPFOPDOrganization Process Definition - An Organization is said to establish and maintain a usable set of process assets and standards. Process Assets for an organization is...
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What is the diff. between QA PLAN & PPQA PLAN ? What are the different types of PPQA REVIEWS?
amaralbert
- Sep 5th, 2009
Let me try to answer your tricky question:QA Plan can be a subset of PPQA Plan .and sometimes can be used interchangeably.PPQA -( Process and product quality Assurance) Plan - Explains all the require...
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Consider we have established a QMS (ISO or CMM - whichever you know well)How would we identify ways to improve the QMS?
Take the example of Software Quality Management System and explain
dilton_dalton
- Dec 7th, 2007
This is a difficult question to answer unless you have an operational definition of quality. In most organizations, quality is the absense of waste. Given this definition, any process that...
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What are the principle differences between ISO9000 and CMMI Quality Systems
Between these two quality systems, which better serves a non-IT-centric business service environment?
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