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Lean manufacturing: OCR Level 1/2 Engineering Manufacture questions

Every OCR Level 1/2 Engineering Manufacture exam question on 4.2 Lean manufacturing, 2024–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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163 questions

  1. Q4

    June 2025 · R014

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  2. Q13(a)

    January 2025 · R014

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  3. Q16(a)(i)

    June 2024 · R014

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  4. Q16(a)(ii)

    June 2024 · R014

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  5. Q16(a)

    January 2024 · R014

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  6. Q16(b)

    January 2024 · R014

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All 6 questions on Lean manufacturing, as a list
  1. June 2025, R014, Q4 (1 mark): Which category of lean waste means to add more components than the customer wants? (a) Movement (b) Over-processing (c) Over-production (d) Waiting [1]
  2. January 2025, R014, Q13(a) (6 marks): Complete the table below to describe each category of waste in Lean manufacturing. State how reducing each waste improves the performance of manufacturing. An e
  3. June 2024, R014, Q16(a)(i) (3 marks): Identify the category of waste in Step 4 and explain two ways that this waste can be reduced. Waste How it can be reduced 1 2 [3]
  4. June 2024, R014, Q16(a)(ii) (3 marks): The category of waste in Steps 1 and 7 is inventory. Explain three ways that Just-In-Time (JIT) will reduce inventory waste. 1 2 3 [3]
  5. January 2024, R014, Q16(a) (3 marks): Identify the category of waste in A and describe how the category of waste identified impacts lean manufacturing performance. Category of waste How impacts lean
  6. January 2024, R014, Q16(b) (3 marks): Identify the category of waste in B and describe how the category of waste identified can be reduced. Category of waste How can be reduced [3]

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