Implementing a Mixed Model Kanban System: The Lean Replenishment Technique for Pull Production

By Robert Taylor

Glossary

Batch and queue: refers to the usual movement of part lots in massproduction practices. Typically, large lots of a part are made and sent as a batch to wait in queue for the next operation in the production process. Contrast with one-piece flow.
Cell: a logical, efficient, and usually physically self-contained arrangement of machinery, tooling, and personnel to complete a production sequence. The cell enables one-piece flow and multiprocess handling.
Cellular manufacturing: manufacturing by the use of cells.

See also Cell.
Champion: an individual, from any level of the organization, who has the authority and responsibility to inform, support, and direct a team effort to implement and integrate a new tool, method, technique or technology, etc. The champion is a first-line resource for all the participants and, in some cases, has the authority to allocate the organization's resources during the life of the project. Also called lean champion or project champion.
Changeover: altering a process to accommodate a different product model.
Changeover time: the time between the last good piece off one production run and the first good piece off the next run, producing at the target volume.
CNC machine: See also CNC machine.
Computer numerical control (CNC) machine: a versatile and sophisticated machine used in manufacturing for its complex motion-control capabilities, which offer improved automation, consistent and accurate workpieces, and flexibility.
Continuous flow: See also One-piece flow.
Cycle time: specifically, the time that elapses from the beginning of one operation or one part of a process...

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