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Standardized Defects

Do communication breakdowns drive you insane?

Bruce Hamilton
Wed, 07/24/2013 - 13:37
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Too often when corrective action is taken, the communication loop is not closed, turning containment into a frustrating, permanent practice.

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Submitted by Sean Mitchell on Tue, 07/30/2013 - 09:48

Communication Muda

We have a production planner who, bless his heart, uses about four different highlighter colours to highlight information on the production work orders. The only problem is - most of the text snippets being highlighted fall into the 'remove burrs' category; long since dealt with, but the text remains! One then wonders why the operators never seem to pay attention to the work orders...separating the wheat from the chaff is harder than it sounds.

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Submitted by umberto mario tunesi on Sat, 08/03/2013 - 21:34

Before the Leds

Frigyes Karinthy's Chain - Links (1929 - Every is Different) is a suggested reading; an excerpt can be down-loaded free-of-charge from Google.

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