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