Today, control charts are a key tool for quality control and figure prominently in lean manufacturing and Six Sigma efforts. Choosing the wrong type of control chart may result in “false positives” because the chart may not be sensitive enough for your process. Or there may be ways to analyze parts and processes you thought … Continued
Manufacturing Process Management (MPM) represents a huge step in the quest to link product design with production electronically, in order to improve information quality and reduce time-to-market. Major strides have been made in recent years with the deployment of commercial applications capable of integrating the complicated and configurable BOM (Bill of Material) with that of … Continued
Clearly, the greatest benefit from MPM can be seen in improved production efficiencies, derived from more tightly designed and managed production systems. It is not uncommon to see assembly line efficiencies increase by 10% (in mixed model environments). In addition, new, or modified, product launch times have been reduced by 25 to 50% primarily because … Continued