Firstly, let me explain what ISO 9001 is. The ISO 9001 is the worldwide standard for the Quality Management Systems (QMS). It is published by the International Organization for Standards (ISO). These standards have been modernizing with time, and the latest update was in 2015. The update that took place in 2015 is commonly [...]
In “One piece flow” production, the product transfers from one phase to the next phase with one piece at a time. This approach is different from lot production where a number of units are prepared at an agreed stage and then every unit is moved to the next level at the same time. One [...]
Who Introduced The Kano Model In 1984, Japanese researcher and consultant, Noriaki Kano published a paper with a set of techniques and ideas that help us in impelling our customers and prospects satisfaction and product development. Those techniques and ideas are commonly known as the Kano Model. Kano, the professor of quality management, says [...]
Mind maps are a convenient and easy way of brainstorming your thoughts and ideas fundamentally. It provides a visual structure for your thoughts and ideas and makes them easy to analyze and remember. Mind maps are diagrammatic representation of chores, confabulations, conceptions or features that are connected to single concept. A framework is built [...]
The quality policy definition is the quality that reckons in your company. Quality elements which are crucial to your business should be defined in your quality police included in any approach you take. These are elements that can be measured and monitored to follow the progress of your company and drive continuous improvement. These [...]
Visual Management Systems also known as VMS is basically a technique executed to share data and information with the help of visual signals instead of texts or verbal instructions. The system is designed to enable quick and better comprehension of the data by everyone to increase clarity and efficiency in the organization. The visual [...]
The check sheet is the effective, efficient, and simple way to depict data and information. A check sheet is a structure table, metrics table, or form for gathering data to analyze it. When the information or data are gathered in both quantitative and qualitative data, then the check sheet remains check sheet, but it [...]
By the name of spaghetti diagram, only spaghetti comes to mind which is straight, thin and hard if uncooked. Cooked spaghetti are flexible, soft and moldable. So, yes this diagram is made of the elastic and moldable pattern. Cooked spaghetti looks messy in a dish; it can also bend and playing crisscross the same [...]
We all heard about hot tools and topics in internal audits, heat maps, data analytics, data visualization, big data and many more to mention. However, not many practitioners execute and implement these tools to develop a graphical or visual representation of information and data. We are here to show you how to make a [...]
In the light of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) program one of the key objectives is to decrease or get rid of what is known as the "Six Big Losses" that indicates the most common causes in productivity failures within manufacturing. Its framework comprises of the losses that fall in [...]
