Practice lean tools definitions and uses matching. This is a summary of the definition and use of each lean tool we have studied in this module. What would you recommend to the restaurant if they were looking for lean tools to use for the following purposes? In other words, you should choose from the list of terms provided and fill in the blanks after each definition below. (not part of a turned-in assignment, but will be on the exam). These definitions can be found in the course slides for each tool.

Tools: Pareto chart, Scatter diagram, Check sheet, VSM, Interrelationship diagraph, Cause and effect (Ishikawa) diagram

• A simple, organized way of tracking the frequency of particular events over time. Provides numerical measurement of observed data.

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• Allows a team to identify, analyze, and classify the cause-and-effect relationships that exist among a set of issues.

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• A bar chart that ranks problems or causes of problems in descending order from left to right on a horizontal axis.

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• A tool that helps a team to identify and study the possible relationship between changes observed in two sets of variables.

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• A tool that helps teams identify, explore, and display in increasing detail, all of the possible causes related to a problem or condition in order to discover its root cause(s).

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• An illustration that uses simple graphics to show the sequence and movement of information, materials, and actions for a product or process.