Evaluating Effective Supplier Quality Assurance
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The supplier quality assurance process can be divided into nine key steps
Babel
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Continuous improvement could benefit from a systems language to clarify key concepts.
Entropy in the Manufacturing World
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Entropy always increases
In this article, I will be looking at entropy in the manufacturing world. Entropy is generally defined as a measure of disorder. This general definition can sometimes be inadequate.
Why Measuring Efficiency Is Anti-Lean
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A day-by-the-hour chart helps create control of work processes.
Distributed Teams, Not Distributed Silos
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Distributed team: We have the tools but need to know when and how to use them.
The notion of a successful distributed team seems like a wonderful yet unobtainable dream.
The Beginning of Quality Management’s Digital Transformation
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The market has moved from being unaware of the IIoT to investigating it and beginning to invest.
The Three Gates
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Answer three ancient questions before you speak.
Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes
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Like a TV test pattern, nothing changes if nothing changes
Cartwheels
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Too often, rather than rethinking the cause of the waste, we automate around it.
Most often when we think of a wheel, it’s in the context of transportation, one of the more obvious and ever-present of the 7 wastes in lean. In fact, the first likely use of a wheel and axle was not for transport but for processing—actual work.