Lean Glossary
Leader Huddle Meetings are regular (often daily) meeting with direct reports. The Huddle Meetings are conducted in front of the Process Performance Boards in order
Process Performance Boards are displays that enable leaders to visually track People, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Process Improvement. They enable leaders to answer questions such
Actions, behaviors and tools that leaders use to build and sustain a Lean Culture. Leader Standard Work Training Single Module For a better understanding of
Shadow Boards are visual methods of storing tools or materials and are always placed where the work is being done. Each shadow board consists of
Work Balancing or Line Balancing involves balancing the work rate between sub-processes in order to efficiently match customer demand or takt time. The idea is
What is Work Cell Design? Work Cell Design is a method of organizing physical operations by process flow as opposed to function in order to
Water beetle or water spider is a term used to describe the person responsible for maintaining correct inventories on the production line so that line
Visual Management is the practice of making the workplace visually easy to work in. This includes making it easy to identify units and materials, updating
Waiting happens internally when one colleague is idle because they are unable to proceed with a process step until another colleague or department provides the
Wait time is a measure of the time a unit or service is idle within a process. Waiting is considered the most common of the
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