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Downtime Analysis – Solutions for businesses (Part 1)
If you are looking for a solution to the productivity issue that is affected by downtime, this article can give you an answer. How to analyze downtime? Analysis of downtime is not easy, especially when you cannot identify what is important information. Therefore, it is very important to collect the correct...
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Lean Principles Help Manufacturer Reduce Waste, Increase Production
In 2015, the American Rheinmetall Systems (ARS) faced a challenge of streamlining operations to give employees more time to take on additional defense contracts. The businesses’ parent company, Rheinmetall Defence, also wanted ARS to move from a workshop for system integration, assembly and research and development to a standalone business. To meet...
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The relationship between Lean and 6 Sigma – The interaction between the two ...
As mentioned in the previous section, the parallel application of the 2 Lean and 6 Sigma improvement tools without any problems because of their different approaches and areas of improvement. Therefore, efforts to integrate these two types of tools to achieve greater efficiency became the goal of many manufacturers in the...
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The relationship between Lean and 6 Sigma – The interaction between the two ...
In the manufacturing sector, there has been much debate about the difference between Lean and 6 Sigma and comparing their effectiveness. Most experts believe that lean is a mathematical improvement tool more than 6 Sigma, especially when evaluating the method of applying this type of tool. However, in recent times, comparing...
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Case studies on the effectiveness of applying TPM in food manufacturing enterprises
Case study at Goodman Fielder Bakery Malaga WA, 130 personnel The company’s TPM results are summarized below, based on the results of the two TPM groups. The new company made a stage. Group 1 – Bread Line Team Starting OEE was 38%, identified that potential OEE was 72% with two thirds...
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Nestlé: Applying innovative tools to improve quality and productivity (Part 2)
Incorporate improved tools for greater efficiency Besides the benefits of applying lean, Nestle also combines implementation of many other tools to achieve greater efficiency. Typically, the combination of TQM and CQI. In TQM, the customer will decide whether the quality of the product is good or not. Therefore, all improvements are...
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Nestlé: Applying innovative tools to improve quality and productivity (Part 1)
Improving productivity and quality is always the top concern of managers at Nestle. During the development process, this company has applied many innovative tools and models such as Lean, 6 Sigma (DMAIC), Kaizen, FADE, CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement), TQM (Total Quality Management), etc to achieve their improvement goals. Lean – Waste...
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The role of IoT technology in the Metal Fabricating Industry (Part 1)
Ultimately, the metalworking industry needs differentiation and tools to help stakeholders to level up their products and services for customers. Here’s how. Article by Helen Masters, INFOR. Singapore’s government, led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, has in recent years identified four technology sectors that Singapore needs to build on; one...
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Manpower audits: Solutions to improve labor productivity (Part 2)
For any organization that wants to use a human resource audit (MA) to properly allocate its resources, determining the needs for each job is always a prerequisite. In addition to the organization’s structure, the number of employees and the importance of the work should also be considered in the planning process....
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Manpower audits: Solutions to improve labor productivity (Part 1)
Manpower audits (MA) can help organizations build a human resource map to coordinate and properly use this resource. Many of the global impacts are now changing the way the labor market operates. Human power is gradually being replaced by automation and technology 4.0 applications. As technology is growing, recruitment requirements are...
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