Lean!

3. All production parts, consumables and sub assemblies are pulled into the production according the customer demand, as opposed to the traditional pushing production based on a central schedule.
6. A process to signal the need for work, either for Production to make something or stores, or supplier, to supply something.
8. where the production work in progress moves smoothly between work stages with little (or no) inventory buffers between each step.
10. Are you producing sooner, faster, or in greater quantities than the customer is demanding?
12. Processing How much extra work is performed beyond the standard required by the customer?
13. Applied to business organizations, it implies continuing improvement involving everyone. It usually refers to continuous small step improvement over a sustained period of time.
15. A powerful lean manufacturing technique used to document, analyze and improve the flow of information or materials required to produce a product or service for a customer.
17. Do you have any raw materials, work-in-progress (WIP), or finished goods that are not having value added to them?

1. Does the process result in anything that the customer would deem unacceptable
2. waste due to variation
4. is there unnecessary (non-value-added) movement of parts, materials, or information between processes?
5. waste due to overburdening or stressing the people, equipment or system
7. a business plan or project plan expressed on a single A3 sheet of paper.
9. Are people or parts, systems or facilities idle — waiting for a work cycle to be completed?
11. A visual feedback process that indicates a person has a problem in production or in part supply and needs assistance to fix the problem.
14. also known as the “seven forms of waste”
16. Methods that prevent or detect defects in products.