The 5S practice is a technique used to establish and maintain quality environment in an organization. The original concept was developed by Osada in the early 1980s. The acronym 5S stands for the five Japanese words seiri (organization), seiton (neatness), seiso (cleanliness), seiketsu (standardization), and shitsuke (discipline). These techniques were first discovered by researchers [...]
The Six Sigma principles have been used in organizations for years. These principles are used in organizations for measuring quality and increasing the performance and continuous improvement within the company. It is an approach that the firm uses for eliminating the errors and defects of the company and providing the customers with value for [...]
Now, you’ve conducted the audit, made the plans, and implemented the quality system. What come next are the ISO certification process steps which you have to go through to get certified and this article will outline the entire process. The ISO certification Process The ISO certification process comes after a company’s ISO 9001 quality [...]
Time and motion study is a core set of tools which are utilized by the managers in the industrial sector to improve the execution or the operational efficiency. It can be done by dividing the work into simpler units and setting the execution benchmarks. This can be used as a part of conjunction with [...]
The factorial experimental design is a test whose design encompasses of at least two factors, each with discrete likely values or levels and whose experimental units take on all conceivable combinations of these levels over every such factor. A full factorial design may likewise be known as a fully crossed design. The experiment enables [...]
ISO (The International Organization for Standardization) published an international standard for Quality Management System (QMS) and it was named as ISO 9001. It is revised and updated regularly according to the requirements of the changing systems. ISO 9001 is updated and revised only when majority of the countries agree so that it emerge as [...]
A quality control plan is an essential part of a Quality control system. In simple words Quality Control Plan is writing down all the activities and steps of an operation for quality assurance to ensure the output of the process is in line with the customer’s requirements. In any business customer satisfaction is the [...]
Value stream mapping is the visual flow chart that portrays and enhances the formulation and manufacturing operations and also the information that controls the material flow through the operation. Purpose of Value Stream in Warehouse Mapping Process The use of value stream in warehouse mapping process is the sanctioned approach to identify and minimize the [...]
Before we come to discuss Gemba walk, let’s discuss what Gemba is. Gemba is a term of a Japanese language that means “real place” The Japanese term, real place refers to the place where all the real actions and the working of the organization take place. This place can be the warehouse of the company [...]
Thrashing out mistakes in manufacturing engineering was developed by the Japanese as a tool of mistake proofing that helps reduce waste in areas such as time, energy and resources. It can be defined as a mechanism in a lean manufacturing process that helps an equipment operator аvоid (yokeru) miѕtаkеѕ (poka). It's purpose is to eliminate [...]
