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GLOSSARY Japanese KAIZEN/CI Terminology.

This glossary covers only a limited vocabulary relating mainly to what in North America are referred to as KAIZEN, or Continuous Improvement (CI) workshop activities. For more explanation of the basic concepts for this glossary, check out my explanation of the Production System. The English renditions in this glossary may not always be the most elegant, but they should be familiar to most experts. I will be revising the list from time to time as I come across other useful words. The list is in alpahabetical order of Romanized Japanese words. Comments are welcome at: [email protected]

Japanese English andon ANDON (pronounced Ann Don), ANDON lamp/board atohoten Fill-up system seisan atokoutei Pull system hikitori bacchi Batch processing, batch and queue houshiki Operational availability (standard reading is: BEKIDOURITSU, not bekidouritsu KADOURITSU), equal to the time a machine is on divided by the time it is engaged in value-adding work CHAKU-CHAKU (pronounced tcha koo tcha koo) line, load-load chaku chaku line, work cell which normally allows one operator to merely transfer rain (i.e. load) finished pieces from machine to machine, returning to the first machine within the machine cycle time of the first machine chousei Adjustment, changeover final adjustment dandori gae Set-up time, equal to off-line setup plus on-line setup plus adjustment jikan e-bi- seigyo Two point control furyou Defect furyou hin Defective item, reject, discrepant item gaichuu buhin Supplier system nounyuu kanban 5 S (SEIRI, SEITON, SEISO, SEIKETSU, SHITSUKE), 5 points of go esu workplace organization and maintenance go kai no Five "whys" and one H (who, what, where, when why and how), naze 5W1H, keep asking "why" haiya- On-call delivery houshiki hamidashi Overflow parts, excess stock on line hin hanare Isolated jobsite kojima hane dashi HANE-DASHI (pronounced hah nay dah shee), automatic ejection HEIJUNKA (pronounced hey June kah), production smoothing, heijun ka leveled production hikitori Parts withdrawal KANBAN kanban In under 10 minutes, single-minute (as in SMED, Single-Minute hito keta Exchange of Dies) hyoujun Standardized work sagyou hyoujun Standardized work sheet, standard work layout sagyou hyou hyoujun sagyou Standardized work combination sheet kumiawase hyou hyoujun Standard in-process stock, standard work in process temochi ibento Event, workshop ikko nagare One-piece-at-a-time production, one piece flow jasuto in Just in time, JIT, supply of only what is needed to only where it is taimu needed and only when it is needed jidou ka JIDOKA (pronounced gee dough kah), autonomation jikkou takuto Actual , provisional takt time (see takt time), takt time that taimu includes non-standard operating time in calculation jun biki Sequential parts withdrawal, sequenced part supply junjo hyou Production sequence sheet Operational availability (standard reading is: BEKIDOURITSU, not kadouritsu KADOURITSU), equal to the time a machine is on divided by the time it is engaged in value-adding work kadouritsu Rate of operation, equipment capacity against requirement kaizen KAIZEN (pronounced kah ee zen), continuous improvement kanban KANBAN (pronounced kahn bahn) system, KANBAN card kanban KANBAN cycle, delivery cycle, KANBAN coefficient, frequency of saikuru deliveries after a KANBAN card is issued gemba GEMBA, shop floor, on the line, on site gembutsu Actual item, real thing genjitsu Reality konsai Mixed-load conveyance umpan koutei betsu nouryoku Standardized production capacity sheet hyou koutei nai Intra-process KANBAN kanban koutei no Continous flow processing nagare ka kouten kan hikitori Inter-process KANBAN kanban kyu-shi- QC process chart koutei hyou me de miru Visual control, visual management, the visual factory kanri mikake no Apparent efficiency nouritsu Fixed-course pick-up, MIZUSUMASHI (pronounced me zoo sue mah mizusumashi she), water spider, milk run muda MUDA (pronounced moo dah), waste, non-value-adding, MURA (pronounced moo rah), unevenness, lack of reliability MURI (pronounced moo ree), overburden, forcing nagara Simultaneous operation sagyou nagara Specially designed switch that can be activated with the swipe of a suicchi hand thus allowing operator to activate while moving, swipe switch nekku Bottleneck, constraint, problem area that slows down the whole noritsugi Truck transfer system umpan Productivity, equal to the number of accepted and sold units produced nouritsu divided by man-hours used to produce it Pacemaker, the aspects of a line that facilitate completing processes pe-sume-ka- within the takt time poka yoke POKAYOKE (pronounced poe kah yo kay), mistake proofing Production lead time, time between acceptance of order to shipment ri-do taimu regardless of actual production time rinji kanban Temporary KANBAN rotto seisan Batch processing, batch and queue sagyou Operation standards hyoujun sagyou tejun Working sequence Cycle time, operator cycle time is equal to total time required for a worker to complete one cycle of an assigned job process (including waiting, walking, etc.) and thus completing a workpiece to pass on to saikuru taimu the next process, machine cycle time is equal the total time it takes a machine to complete one cycle (including workpiece loading and unloading times) and thus completing a workpiece to pass on to the next process 3 D's (Dirty, Dangerous, and Difficult), the K's in Japanese stand for: san ke- KITANAI, KIKEN, and KITSUI The 3 Reals (Reality, Real Place, Real Thing), the GEN's in Japanese sangenshugi stand for: GENJITSU, GEMBA, and GEMBUTSU Spick and span, SEIKETSU (pronounced say ket Sue), revisit seiketsu frequently seiri Sifting, SEIRI (pronounced say ree), segregate and discard seisan kanri Performance analysis board ban Sweeping and washing, SEISO (pronounced say so), celan and inspect seisou daily seiton Sorting, SEITON (pronounced say tone), arange and identify seizou gijutsu engineering SENSEI (pronounced sen say), instructor, usually refers to an external sensei consultant shigoto Value-adding work, SHIGOTO (pronounced she go toe) shiji bira Specification manifest shikakarihin Work in process, WIP shikake Production instruction KANBAN kanban shin no True efficiency nouritsu Discipline, SHITSUKE (pronounced sheet soo kay), good habits, shitsuke motivate to sustain shoujin ka Flexible manpower line shoujin ka Manpower savings shouryoku ka Labor savings soto dandori Off-line set-up, external setup, changeover preparation ("prep") su-pa-ma- Supermarket, a shop floor substation for staging parts before they are ketto finally placed on the line suishin shitsu Promotion office, KPO (for KAIZEN Promotion Office) tadai mochi Muti-machine handling takai umpan Frequent conveyance takoutei Muti-process handling mochi Takt-Time, takt time is equal to the net operating time divided by takuto taimu customer requirements tanou kou Multi-skilled worker, cross-trained worker tanou kou ka Muti-skill Development, cross training Vertical Movement Oriented, a machine, process, or arrangement that assumes an operator will make movements in a vertical manner, thus tate mochi causing the strain of lifting and letting down. Not a preferable arrangement. See "YOKO MOCHI." tei in sei rain Fixed manpower line tei ichi teishi Fixed position stop system houshiki teiji futeiryou Scheduled time and unscheduled quantity conveyance umpan tenaoshi Re-work ti- pi- emu Total Productive Maintenance, TPM ti- pi- esu TPS, Specially designed rack showing what parts in a kit have been pulled tottara totta and what parts remain to prevent confusion and missed parts, take-it- took-it toyota seisan Toyota Production System, TPS houshiki tsurube Pick-up and supply system houshiki uchi dandori On-line setup, internal setup Machine automatic time, machine cycle time minus workpiece unten jikan loading and unloading time (see SAIKURU TAIMU) yo-i don Simultaneous-start time study houshiki yobou hozen Preventative Maintenance, PM Horizontal Movement Oriented, a machine, process, or arrangement that allows an operator to make movements along horizonal planes, yoko mochi thus avioding the strain of lifting and letting down. An example of a YOKO MOCHI arrangement is being able to slide materials into place instead of having to lift them off the floor and place them in the work area (See "TATE MOCHI."). yoko tenkai Policy deployment, roll-out 4 S (SEIRI, SEITON, SEISO, SEIKETSU), revised later to 5 S (GO yon esu ESU) zentai no kouritsu to Total productivity and independent productivity, overall productivity koko no and individual productivity nouritsu Copyright 2000, Frederick Stimson Harriman, Version 1.02, Revised 8/21/2001 FredHarriman.com Kaizen/CI Glossary Fred's Resume Factory Interpreting Page. (Japanese browser)