Lean Six Sigma Dictionary
A comprehensive A–Z reference of Lean and Six Sigma terms, definitions, and Japanese terminology with pronunciation.
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A
A-B Control
A3 Report
ABC Production Analysis
Ability Map
Action Plan (JSQC)
Affinity Diagram (KJ Method)
Aida
Andon
Anecdotal Evidence
Annual Activity Plan (QC Circle)
Anzen
Area-Specific Technologies
Atarimae Hinshitsu
Automatic Line Stop
Autonomation
B
Batch-and-Queue
Bell Curve (Normal Distribution)
Benchmark
Best Practice
Black Belt
Bottleneck
Box Plot
Brainstorming
Build-to-Order
C
Capacity Analysis
Capital Linearity
Catchball
Cell
Cellular Manufacturing
Chaku-Chaku
Change Agent
Changeover
Check Point (JSQC)
Chūhen
Coalition Circle
Common Cause Variation
Constraint
Continuous Flow
Continuous Improvement Culture
Control Chart
Control Level (JSQC)
Control Point (JSQC)
Correlation
Cost Kaizen
Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
Countermeasure Execution Type QC Story
Cp / Cpk (Process Capability)
Cross-Dock
Cross-Functional Management
Cross-Functional Team (JSQC)
CTQ (Critical to Quality)
Customer Focus (Market-In)
Cycle Time
D
Daily Kaizen
Daily Management
Daily Management (JSQC)
Dantotsu
Dashboard
Defect
Defect Rate
Demand Amplification
Deployment
Deshi
Discrete Data
Distribution
DMAIC
DOE (Design of Experiments)
Dōjō
Dōsa Kaizen
Downtime
DOWNTIME
DPMO (Defects Per Million Opportunities)
E
Eight Wastes
Empowerment
Error-Proofing (Poka-Yoke)
Every Product Every Interval (EPEx)
F
Fact-Based Management
FIFO (First In, First Out)
Fishbone Diagram (Ishikawa)
Five Ss (5S)
Five Whys
Fixed-Position Stop System
Flow Kaizen
Flow Production
FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)
Four Ms
Fulfillment Stream
Function (JSQC)
G
Gate Review
Gauge R&R
Gemba
Gemba Walk
Gembutsu
Genchi Genbutsu
Genjitsu
Genseki
Green Belt
H
Hajimete
Hansei
Heijunka
Heijunka Box
Henkaten
Henkoten
Henkou
Hisashiburi
Histogram
Hitozukuri
Horizontal Deployment
Hoshin Tenkai
Hourensou
Hozen
Hypothesis
I
Immediate Remedy (JSQC)
Improvement / Continuous Improvement (JSQC)
Improvement Procedure
Improvement Team
J
Ji Kotei Kanketsu (JKK)
Jidoka
Jishu Hozen
Jishu Kanri
Jishuken
Just-in-Time (JIT)
K
Kaikaku
Kaizen
Kaizen Event
Kaizen Newspaper
Kaizen Teian
Kaizen Workshop
Kakushin
Kanban
Kanri
Kanso
Karakuri
Kata
Keizai
Kobetsu Kaizen
Kohai
Kotozukuri
KPI (Key Performance Indicator)
Kyoushi
L
Labor Linearity
Lead Time
Lean Audit
Lean Expert
Lean Leader
Lean Practitioner
Lean Production
Lean Six Sigma
Lean Thinking
Lean Value Stream
Line Balancing
Lot Size
M
Maintenance-Plus-Enhancement
Master Black Belt
Means (JSQC)
Metric
Milk Run
Mind Map
Miryokuteki Hinshitsu
Mistake-Proofing
Mixed-Model Production
Mizusumashi
Monozukuri
Monozukuri Kaizen
Monument
MSA (Measurement System Analysis)
Muda
Mura
Muri
Mutual Enlightenment
N
Nagara
Nemawashi
Nichijo
Nichijo Gemba Kanri (NGK)
Nihon-teki
Non-Value-Added Activity
Nonconformance (JSQC)
O
Obeya
Objective (JSQC)
OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)
Office Kaizen
Offset Time
Omotenashi
One-Piece Flow
Onshi
Operator Balance Chart (OBC)
Overproduction
Overtime
P
P-Value
Paced Withdrawal
Pareto Principle
PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act)
Pitch
Point Kaizen
Point-of-Use Storage
Poka-Yoke
Policy (JSQC)
Policy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri)
Policy Management
Policy Management (JSQC)
Preventive Type QC Story
Priority Approach
Priority Issue (JSQC)
Problem Solving (JSQC)
Process (JSQC)
Process Abnormality (JSQC)
Process Capability
Process Mapping
Process Stability
Process-Oriented Approach
Project Charter
Project Owner
Pull Production
Push Production
Q
QC Circle
QC Circle Diagnosis
QC Circle Kaizen
QC Story
QCDSME
QFD (Quality Function Deployment)
Quality at the Source
Quality Kaizen
Quality Management Education and Training
R
Rapid Improvement
Recurrence Prevention (JSQC)
Regression Analysis
Rework
Right-Sized Tools
Ringiseido
Root Cause Analysis
Ryūtsū
Ryūtsū Kaizen
S
Safety Kaizen
Safety Stock
Sagyō
SDCA Cycle
Seibi
Seiketsu
Seiri
Seiso
Seito
Seiton
Self-Actualization
Self-Actualization (JSQC)
Senpai
Sensei
Service Kaizen
Seven Wastes
Shigoto
Shishō
Shitsuke
Shōhen
Shojinka
Shu-Ha-Ri
Shūzen
Sigma
SIPOC
Six Sigma
Small Group Improvement Activity
SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die)
Soikufu
Spaghetti Diagram
SPC (Statistical Process Control)
Standard (JSQC)
Standard Deviation
Standard Work
Standard Work Combination Sheet
Stop-the-Line Authority
Strategy Deployment
Supermarket
System Kaizen
T
T-Test
Taguchi Methods
Taihen
Takt Time
Takumi
Task Achieving
Task Achieving (JSQC)
Task Achieving Type QC Story
Tatakidai
Team Improvement Activities
Theme Bank
Theory of Constraints (TOC)
Throughput
TIM WOOD
Time Study
Tollgate Review
Total Employee Involvement
Total Employee Involvement (JSQC)
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Toyota Production System (TPS)
TPM Circle
U
Unplanned Downtime
Upstream Deployment
V
Value
Value Stream
Value-Added Activity
Value-Stream Mapping (VSM)
Variation
Visual Factory
Visual Management
Voice of the Customer (VOC)
W
Wa
Waste (Muda)
White Belt
Why-Why Analysis
WIP (Work In Progress)
Y
Yellow Belt
Yokoten
Yosoku Hozen
Z
Zero Defects
