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Backflush
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The process of automatically decrementing perpetual inventory records, based on the bill of materials of a given product. Normally triggered by shipment and invoicing to a customer, back flushing is used to eliminate wasteful inventory transactions.
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Balanced Plant
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A plant where capacities of all resources are balanced exactly with market demand
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Balanced production
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All operations or cells produce at the same cycle time. In a balanced system, the cell cycle time is less than takt time.
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Barriers to Flow
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Flow is a primary objective of Lean. Barriers to flow can be seen as process steps or any of the 6M’s that are restricting flow. Examples include: inventory, approvals, inspections, batching, long set-up times…
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Batch Production
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A "Push" system of production where resources are provided to the consumer based on forecasts or schedules. This is not Lean.
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Batch-and-Queue
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Producing more than one piece of an item and then moving those items forward to the next operation before that are all actually needed there. Thus, items need to wait in a queue. This is not Lean.
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BB or BBC
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Black Belt or Black Belt Candidate
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Benchmarking
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The process of measuring products, services, and practices against those of leading companies. Then learning and applying their best practices to see similar improvements.
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Best-in-Class
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A best-known example of performance in a particular operation. One needs to define both the class and the operation to avoid using the term loosely
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Bias
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The difference between the observed mean reading and reference value.
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Blitz
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A blitz is a fast and focused process for improving some component of business a product line, a machine, or a process. It utilizes a cross-functional team of employees for a quick problem-solving exercise, where they focus on designing solutions to meet some well-defined goals.
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BMS
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Between Mean Square – used in the Interclass Correlation Coefficient
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Bottleneck
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Any process step that limits throughput of the entire process. See Constraint
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Breakthrough objectives
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In Policy Deployment, those objectives characterized by multi-functional teamwork, significant change in the organization, significant competitive advantage and major stretch for the organization.
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