Which of the following indicates types of waste that procurement department concentrates on when adopting Lean methods?

Which of the following indicates types of waste that procurement department concentrates on when adopting Lean methods?
A . DOWNTIME
B. VA/VE
C. OWN-IT
D. SCAMPER

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Answer: A

Explanation:

Copious amounts of waste can occur in the workplace, particularly in a manufacturing process, but do you know what the eight most commons wastes are and how they impact your organization?

Taiichi Ohno, considered the father of Toyota Production System, created a lean manufacturing framework, which was based on the idea of preserving (or increasing) value with less work. Any-thing that doesn’t increase value in the eye of the customer must be considered waste, or "Muda", and every effort should be made to eliminate that waste. The following 8 lean manufacturing wastes, mostly derived from the TPS, have a universal application to businesses today. The acro-nym for the eight wastes is DOWNTIME.

Downtime stands for:

– Defects

– Overproduction

– Waiting

– Not utilizing talent

– Transportation

– Inventory excess

– Motion waste

– Excess processing

OWN-IT is the acronym for the process of collecting and analysing the data and information needed in any field SCAMPER is acronym for options addressing the underlying issues and achieving target VA/VE is value analysis and value engineering

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