Problems in manufacturing can be traced to many often-interrelated problems, but since people are the major component of most design
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Understand The Principles Of Human Performance To Reduce Human Error
Human performance errors are the chief cause of quality and production losses in many industries. Luckily, variables that can affect
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Poor process and organizational outcomes often stem from poor risk assessment techniques. Personnel involved with risk assessment and management in
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Decision Quality Management: Identify the Exact Problem You’re Solving
In the world of manufacturing—where deadlines are tight and the demand for quality is high—it can be hard to make
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Investigate Root Causes to Systemic Failures with Powerful Flowcharts & Logic Trees
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a powerful way to identify systemic causes of manufacturing problems and to prevent the same
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ISO 19011:2018: What You Need to Know About Auditing Management Systems
ISO 19011 has been revised and released as a 2018 Guideline for Auditing Management Systems, and, while its use it
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Three of the most widely-promoted techniques for problem solving in the manufacturing industry—5-Whys, 8D, and A3—are each applied in distinctly
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Match Performance Metrics to Goals to Gauge Manufacturing Success
There is a seeming endless supply of manufacturing performance metrics available to managers and process owners—so many that it can
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Boost Quality Inspections with Zero-Acceptance Sample Techniques
Quality inspections are a necessary part of the manufacturing process—but they don’t actually add value and can disrupt operations on
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Use Poka-Yoke to Streamline Your Operations
In 1961, an industrial engineer at Toyota named Shigeo Shingo introduced a concept he called poka-yoke—or, in English, “error proofing.”
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