Kanban Quiz I
Kanban is the principle means of implementing what method of production?
A) Just in Case (JIC)
B) Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
C) Just in Time (JIT)
D) Batch
E) Continuous
Kanban is known as what type of production system?
A) Time Flow System
B) Pull System
C) Predictive System
D) Push System
E) Neutral System
Kanban has been shown to do which of the following:
A) Improve responsiveness
B) Prevent overproduction
C) Improve work flow
D) All of these answers
E) Reduce inventory
What type of American business did Taiicho Ohno model Kanban after?
A) American car manufacturing
B) Farming
C) Supermarkets
D) Long distance trucking
E) Oil refinery
True or False: Kanban only works for products that are low cost and high-volume.
A) True: Kanban is only effective for products with low manufacturing costs.
B) False: A Kanban system can, with modification, be effectively used in almost any environment.
C) False: Kanban is a very effective system in the production of high-cost, low-volume products.
D) True: Any pull process requires a high-volume to be effective.
E) True: Another system of production will always work better for parts that are either high-cost or low-volume.
Kanban reduces the risk of overproduction and obsolete inventory by:
A) Using advanced statistical analysis to predict customer demand.
B) Recycling inventory into new products.
C) Kanban is never used in a production-based environment.
D) Destroying obsolete inventory.
E) Only creating inventory based on direct consumer demand.
What is changeover time in a kanban system?
A) Time lost between old and new production runs.
B) Unplanned downtime.
C) The time it takes the operator to walk from one work station to the next.
D) The time it takes to ship the product to the consumer.
E) The time taken to initiate and enact a kanban system.
The implementation of Kanban requires the full commitment of:
A) Upper level management and executive officers
B) New trainees
C) Management
D) All of the above
E) Operators
While Kanban is more responsive to customers, other systems like the Material Requirement Planning (MRP) are known to provide:
A) Reductions in the bullwhip phenomenon
B) Less inventory
C) Better maintenance procedures
D) A smoother flow from producer to customer
E) More statistics
True or False: Kanban signals must always be cards.
A) True. When Kanban is not limited to just cards, confusion results with the possibility of duplicating orders.
B) True. Cards are always used because they both identify the component and indicate the need to make more components.
C) False. Anything that indicates a need to take a specific action can be a kanban.
D) False. Cards, a purchase order or verbal order may be used in this method.
E) False. Kanbans may be either physical cards or electronic kanbans (computer database information).
In a traditional Kanban System, bins leaving a work station (Bin B) conatain what?
A) Widgets, or partially completed components
B) Raw materials
C) Lunch
D) Tools
E) Time cards
How much inventory is Kanban known to reduce?
A) Up to 35 percent
B) 15 to 55 percent
C) 50 percent or greater
D) 25 to 75 percent
E) 10 percent
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