Finite Element Analysis (FEA) -

A mathematical method for analyzing stress. FEA is used in product design software to conduct graphical (typically colorized) on-screen analysis of a model's reactions under various load conditions.

First-Pass Yield -

The percent of finished product or subassembly/component units that meet all quality-related specifications at a critical test point in the process. This is a measure of the yield that results from the first time through the process, prior to any rework. It should reflect all defective units detected since the preceding yield test point. In process industries, yield should be calculated as the percent of output that meets target-grade specifications (excluding saleable "off- grade" product).

5S or 5C? The name doesn't matter...

Straighten Keeping needed items in the correct place to allow for easy and immediate retrieval (Configure)

Shine - Keeping the workplace swept and clean (Clean & Check)

Standardize Consistency applying 6S methods in a uniform and disciplined manner (Conformity)

Sustain - making a habit of maintaining established procedures (Custom & Practice)

OR

5S - refers to the five words,

seiri,

seiton,

seison,

seiketsu,

shitsuke.

These words are shorthand expressions for principles of maintaining an effective, efficient workplace seiri - eliminating everything not required for the work being performed

seiton - efficient placement and arrangement of equipment and material

seison - tidiness and cleanliness

seiketsu - ongoing, standardized, continually improving seiri, seiton, seison

shitsuke - discipline with leadership

(Like many concepts, the 5S can be interpreted narrowly or broadly, depending on circumstances of their use.)

Five (5) Whys -

Root Cause Analysis - Taiichi Ohno's practice of asking "why" five times whenever a problem was encountered, in order to identify the root cause of the problem so that effective countermeasures could be developed and implemented. Used along with other problem solving tools, enables you to derive the proper correction action.

Flexible Machining Centers -

Automated machining equipment that can be rapidly reprogrammed to accommodate small-lot production of a variety of product or component configurations.

Flexible Manufacturing Systems -

Automated manufacturing equipment and/or cross-trained work teams that can accommodate small-lot production of a variety of product or part configurations. From an equipment standpoint, an FMS is typically a group of more than two computer-based machine tools with integrated material handling, able to produce a family of similar parts.

Flow -

The progressive achievement of tasks along the value stream so that a product proceeds from design to launch, order to delivery, and raw materials into the hands of the customer with no stoppages, scrap, or backflows.

Focused Improvement Teams

(Kaizen Teams) See Kaizen

Gemba -

shop floor, on the line, on site

Gembutsu -

Actual item, real thing

Genjitsu -

Reality

HEIJUNKA -

or Production Smoothing is a technique used to adapt production to naturally fluctuating customer demand. The Japanese word HEIJUNKA (pronounced hey June kah), means literally "make flat and level." Customer demand must be met with the customer's preferred delivery times, but customer demand is "bumpy," while factories prefer "level," or stable production. So, a manufacturer needs to try and smooth out these bumps in production.

Hoshin kanri Policy deployment -

A strategic decision-making tool that focuses resources on the critical initiatives necessary to accomplish the business objectives of the firm. Using visual matrix diagrams, three to five key objectives are selected while all others are clearly deselected. The selected objectives are translated into specific projects and deployed down to the implementation level in the firm - see genba kanri. Progress toward the key objectives is then measured on a regular basis against clear targets. "Hoshin" translates literally as 'shining metal' or more poetically as 'the glint from the spear of a forward guide that leads the way' and "kanri" means 'control'.

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