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Friday, May 28, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTThe name Six Sigma is a registered trade mark of Motorola. They introduced the methodology in the 80’s. Many Quality improvement experts consider Six Sigma to be the most popular management method in history.
What began as a movement to impr... -
Thursday, May 27, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTIn one of the interviews the famous Quality Guru Philip Crosby (author of the book ‘Quality is Free’- published in 1979) says, “Conventionally, quality is always looked at as goodness, as gold-plating. Quality is viewed as an expense, a trade-off,...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTPoka-yoke is a Japanese term that means “mistake-proofing” or “ inadvertent error prevention” A Poka-yoke is any mechanism in any process that helps an equipment operator avoid mistakes.
The concept of Poka-yoke deals with Human error prevention... -
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTWherever work is done, problems also arise, traditional managers tend to feel that people doing work are the source of problems.
Enlightened managers, on the other hand, know that problems originate from broken processes. Therefore, real proble... -
Friday, May 21, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTAs we design Lean Manufacturing Systems, we start with Lean Layouts on the shop floor, which are characterised by one-piece-flow in discrete manufacturing plants.
When the customer, internal or external, is not within visual range, we need some si... -
Thursday, May 20, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTStandard Work is treated as one of the most basic tools in TPS (Toyota Production System). Unfortunately, it is also one of the least understood & one of the most ineffectively used.
One of the seven wastes of Lean (Muda) is Muda of human motion... -
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTTraditional manufacturing was characterised by ‘isolated islands’ or ‘process villages’, where one kind of equipment was co-located & material had to travel from one ‘isolated island’/ ‘process village’ to next in large batches. Of course, such an...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTCurrently a majority of organizations - be they large, medium or small - are facing economic concerns and for many, their very survival is at stake. The way forward for all is to Improve Operational Efficiencies and there is no time to waste!
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Friday, May 7, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTIn general, it is observed that the maintenance team is quite occupied or busy with restoration activities and they hardly find time to indulge in Improvement activities. Also, the “one-size-fits-for-all” syndrome of conducting preventive maintena...
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Thursday, May 6, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTIn the evolution of TPM, AM grew out of the 5S activities by the production teams. They found that in order to deal with barriers to the availability and performance of the equipment, they needed to improve equipment conditions, initially by apply...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTKobetsu KAIZEN™: Ever since Sensei Imai San had published the book Kaizen, it has become a common phrase in the Industry circle where Business Excellence or Operational Excellence is practised. As it got popularized, KAIZEN™ was perceived in vario...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021 · 4:30 PM ISTWorld Class Manufacturing (WCM) is a management philosophy that helps to
1. Eliminate waste & streamline the processes
2. Improve efficiency & effectiveness of men and the machine,
3. Optimize inventory levels and
4. The most important to imp...
