Lean Sigma: A Practitioners Guide

Index

[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y]

Safety, Purpose, Agenda, Code of Conduct, Expectations, and Roles (SPACER)

sales

     backlogs

     categories for growth

     customer decisions

     industry examples

     measuring

     problems

sampling

     KPOVs

     plans (customers)

         interviews

         surveys

scheduling

     customer interviews

     maintenance

     processes

         cancellations

         designed experiments

         duration variability

         improving schedule process

         industry examples

         measuring performance 2nd

         operations process

         segregating entity types

     project charters

     workforce breaks

scope

     5S events

     project charters

screening

     designs

         analyzing 2nd

         attribute Y data

         center points

         curvature

         designing 2nd

         noise variables

         overview

         resolution

     DOE

seasonal patterns (time series analysis)

segregating entity types

selecting control charts

sequence of completion

     communication plans

     competences

     controls, building

     documenting

     execution

     final reports

     final reviews

     implementation plans

     laying out processes

     process triggers

     roles

     settings

     signing off

     skills matrix

     standard work

     swimlane maps

     training plans

     validation

sequential experimentation

service/administrative examples

service/transactional examples

     accuracy problems

     broken measurement systems

     delivery problems

     high inventory

     intermittent process failures

     lead time problems

     pace problems

     performance characteristics

     planned maintenance

     process capacity problems

     scheduling

     setup/changeover times

     too many products

     unplanned maintenance

     uptime

     variable demands

setup

     problems

     reduction

     times

Shine tool (5S)

short-term continuous capability deviation

Sigma Breakthrough Technologies Web site

signing off

Single Minute Exchange of Dies [See SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies).]

SIPOC (Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers)

     COV

     creating

     discovery

     output

     overview

     process cycle time

     processing rates

Six Sigma process improvements

skills matrix

SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies)

     implementing 2nd

     overview

     preparations

     time analysis charts

smoothing

SOPs (Standard operating Procedures)

Sort (5S) 2nd

SPACER (Safety, Purpose, Agenda, Code of Conduct, Expectations, and Roles)

spaghetti maps

     creating

     meeting Takt

     output

     overview

     setup/changeover times

SPC (Statistical Process Control)

     output

     overview

     setting up

splits

stability of control charts 2nd

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

standard scoring tables

standard work

Standardize tool (5S)

star points

start symbol (VSMs)

Statistical Process Control [See SPC (Statistical Process Control).]

stop symbol (VSMs)

store symbol (VSMs)

Store tool (5S)

strangers

subgroups (data points)

summaries of control plans

suppliers

Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers [See SIPOC (Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers).]

surveys (customer)

     analysis plans

     conducting

     creating

     data collection methods

     designing

     following-up

     objectives

     output

     overview

     sampling plans

Sustain tool (5S)

swimlane maps

     cross-functional

     cross-resource

     failures

     hybrid VSM-swimlane maps

     meeting Takt

     output

     overview

     process lead time

     sequence of completion

     setup/changeover times

     VSM conversions

symbols ofVSMs