PDCA Industrial case study
The aim of this work is to present establishments of the basic model of World Class Manufacturing (WCM) quality management for the production system at […]
Month: March 2018
Difference between efficiency, effectiveness and productivity
Difference between efficiency and productivity Productivity is defined as the actual output over the actual input (e.g. number of final products per employee), and both […]
Fundamentals of OEE
“If you can not measure it, you can not improve it.”(Lord Kelvin) It is a common opinion that productivity improvement is nowadays the biggest challenge […]
KAIZEN BLITZ, tackling symptoms not causes
Imagine you wake up one morning realising you have a sore head, the usual remedies don’t work, you think it may even be something quite […]
Key Performance Indices and Key Activity Indicators
In World Class Manufacturing the focus is on continuous improvement. As organizations adopt world class manufacturing, they need new methods of performance measurement to check […]
WCM Pillars: Description and Features
WCM foresees 10 technical pillars and 10 managerial pillars. The levels of accomplishment in technical fields are indirectly affected by the level of accomplishment in […]
WCM Mission and Principles
The process to achieve “World Class Manufacturing” (WCM) has a number of philosophies and elements that are common for all companies. Therefore, when applied to […]
Improving Operations Performance with WCM Technique: A Case in Automotive Industry
Manufacturers in many industries face worldwide competitive pressures. These manufacturers must provide high-quality products with leading-edge performance capabilities to survive, much less prosper. The automotive […]
The main tools for World Class Manufacturing: Features and description
WCM requires all decisions to be made based on objective measured data and its analysis. Therefore, all the traditional data analysis tools such as scatter […]
What is a Fishbone Diagram?
Also Called: Cause and Effect Diagram. A fishbone diagram helps team members visually diagram a problem or condition’s root causes, allowing them to truly diagnose […]
IATF 16949 Standard adds requirements
Of the 28 main sections of ISO 9001:2015, the IATF 16949 Standard adds requirements under 22 of them. The table shows where there are additional […]