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Glossary
3P: Production Preparation Process, a five- day event in which a team focuses on
building a production system for a new facility, process, or service.
5S: A strategy that helps to keep the workplace safe and organized. It is a foun-
dational element of the Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS).
Includes sort, simplify, sweep, standardize, and self- discipline.
A3 tool: A method associated with hoshin kanri, an approach to planning widely
used in companies using lean manufacturing methods. It provides a suc-
cinct and clear answer, on one A3-sized piece of paper, to the follow-
ing questions: What is the problem? Why does it require ...