Leanspeak: The Productivity Business Improvement Dictionary
The one-stop, concise dictionary to business lingo.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Leanspeak: The Productivity Business Improvement Dictionary
A: ABC Availability Loss
ABC
See activity-based costing.
ABM
See activity-based management.
abnormality
any process or equipment condition that does not conform to the standard conditions required for the scheduled production and delivery of quality products and services.
accelerated testing
testing by creating upper-limit conditions to shorten the time in which failure might occur. For example, running electronic components in higher than normal temperature environments to test their reliability. The result of this engineering test is obtained by dividing the acceleration test factor time (A1) into the expected norm usage time.
accept quality level (AQL)
a rating of the maximum proportion of defective units that can be considered a tolerable average out of a sample. The ideal level is, of course, zero defects.
accumulators
a collection of kanban signals at the supplying work center that operate until a specified level of demand has been attained. These logistical accumulators help in mitigating setups, producing higher mixes, prioritizing, preventing buffer depletion, and managing the supply to several consumers. The more traditional use of the term refers to physical accumulators, collection devices used in large expanses on an auto-mated line where product is stacked or racked between operations.
accuracy
the congruence between any observed value and its reference value. Contrast with bias.
action-items flip chart
a to-do flip chart that can be used in the work cell as a daily updated visual display of cell activities who will take action, when, where, why, and how.
actions
as responses to a manufacturing problem, actions...
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