Some foundational tools to help businesses continually improve (Part 2)

Besides SWOT and general data analysis, the Pareto chart has shown its strength in not only the manufacturing sector but also applied to many other aspects of society.

The Pareto chart is built on the 80-20 principle of Vilfredo Pareto – an American economist. In a UNDP 2007 report on curvilinear development, for example, statistics show that the top 20% of the population accounts for 82.7% of the total world income, while 20% of the population. The poor only account for 1.2% of the total income. In the manufacturing sector, this figure is also represented in a similar pattern: 80% of product defects are caused by only 20% of the listed causes. By identifying these 20% of the causes, managers can come up with the most cost-effective improvement process at the lowest cost.

Pareto charts can give your organization an open perspective where the root causes can be found on a visual chart. The order of improvement will also be one of the things you need to consider in your long-term improvement roadmap. Highly effective changes should be implemented first, because visible benefits will inspire employees, and initially establish a culture of improvement in the organization.

On the other hand, the improvement process also requires many other activities to assist in optimizing resources and avoiding waste. Typically as:

Collect statistics

In production, selective data collection is essential, especially when you don’t have an automated analysis tool like Big Data. Selection can take the form of statistical process control or statistical quality control. Both forms of control require the application of statistical methodologies to control quality or the manufacturing process.

It is quite useful to use because there are many different methods of analysis for the same type of data, thus it is more advantageous to clean the data against major problems. In addition, you can review the laws of failure in real time and prevent their repetition.

Don’t forget to train

The right training with continual improvement content is essential to the success of your projects. The training DVD is always a great tool to use when you are giving repeated training to employees or stakeholders on continual improvement projects. There are a wide variety of DVDs available that can be of benefit to any facility engaged in continual improvement activities.

Enhancing protocols and processes for your business with a variety of tools is an integral foundation of continual improvement. This is a long term process that requires a high level of consistency within the organization, from management to employees. While continual improvement can face many obstacles at first, the end result you get is significant.

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