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| Other well-established analysis tools with Lean Six Sigma include, but are not limited to: \\ | Other well-established analysis tools with Lean Six Sigma include, but are not limited to: \\ |
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| * Value Stream Mapping | * Value Stream Mapping |
| * Spaghetti diagrams | * Spaghetti diagrams |
| * Bar charts | * Bar charts |
| * Trend charts | * Trend charts |
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| * Cpk Charts | * Cpk Charts |
| | * Sigma Charts |
| | * Histograms |
| | * Scatter Diagrams |
| | * Control Charts |
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| ==== Risk Mitigation & Countermeasures ARE Improvements ==== | ==== Risk Mitigation & Countermeasures ARE Improvements ==== |
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| Before a process can be improved, it must first be standardized. This typically means detailing how the process flows (e.g., using flowcharts), along with standardized procedures, work instructions, infographics, etc. providing consistent instructions to workers within the process, and formalized training of workers (to ensure that personnel working in a process are competent to work independently). These are __all__ risk controls. | Before a process can be improved, it must first be standardized. This typically means detailing how the process flows (e.g., using flowcharts), along with standardized procedures, work instructions, infographics, etc. providing consistent instructions to workers within the process, and formalized training of workers (to ensure that personnel working in a process are competent to work independently). These are __all__ risk controls. |
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| | EVERY Inspection point is a "risk control". Inspections are performed because the process is not reliably producing consistent conforming products. Quite often, once an Inspection point is established in a Work Router/Traveler, it remains despite improvements in the process. Performing a Pareto analysis of the types of defects that an Inspection point is detecting will indicate which portion of the process is producing nonconformities. THAT should be the focus of a CI project. |
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| | If the CI project eliminates the non-conformities, then the Inspection point can be eliminated. However, if there are "Technical Contradictions" (discussed later), then (1) Inspections should be limited to only those characteristics regularly found to be non-conforming, and (2) the Inspection point may need to be moved closer to where the nonconformities are being produced (at an optimal point in the production process flow). |
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| === Countermeasures === | === Countermeasures === |
| At that point, the radio tuning process had been "optimized" using the available technology. | At that point, the radio tuning process had been "optimized" using the available technology. |
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| No other improvements appear to be possible... using current technology. | There are constant advances in virtually every sector. Consequently, a review of advances in technology should be included as a part of the CI process. |
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| | To learn more about TRIZ, I recommend reading: \\ |
| | * [[https://www.amazon.com/TRIZ-Engineers-Enabling-Inventive-Problem/dp/0470741880|TRIZ for Engineers - Enabling Inventive Problem Solving (By Karen Gadd)]], and |
| | * [[https://www.amazon.com/Simplified-TRIZ-Applications-Technical-Professionals/dp/1138700150|Simplified TRIZ - New Problem Solving Applications for Technical and Business Professionals]] |
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| This takes us into a separate realm of "improvement" involving "innovation"... called TRIZ. | <WRAP center round tip 80%> |
| | Prior to initiating a CI Project, ALWAYS check with Engineering to ensure that the current product(s) isn't about to undergo a major change/revision that would impact the production process. Similarly, ensure that existing product(s) isn't scheduled to be discontinued. |
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| ===== TRIZ: Levels of Innovation ===== | ===== TRIZ: Levels of Innovation ===== |
| - Discovering a new principle (e.g., through creating new scientific knowledge, such as x-rays or the photovoltaic effect). | - Discovering a new principle (e.g., through creating new scientific knowledge, such as x-rays or the photovoltaic effect). |
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| For example, the Stirling Engine, a 200-year-old idea, is finding new applications/markets (as a Level 3 Innovation). | For example, the [[https://www.stirlingengine.com/|Stirling Engine]], invented over 200 years ago, is finding new applications/markets (as a Level 3 Innovation). |
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