Blog
What I know from the floor, written so you can use it on Monday
One article per tool, with the mistake I see most often and how to fix it. No loose theory.
Problem solving
FMEA: why yours has not reduced a single defect
The PFMEA passed the audit. Two hundred lines, every action closed. And scrap is exactly where it was a year ago.
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Problem solving
Poka yoke examples you can copy this week
The operator is in hour eight and the part goes in backwards once in a while. Retraining will not fix it. A stop block will.
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Lean and kaizen
5S audit: the five minute check that makes it hold
The area was spotless for the customer visit. Three months later nobody can find the torque wrench. What was missing fits in five minutes.
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Problem solving
Fishbone diagram: why yours is not working
Twelve branches filled in and not one proven cause. That is how most of them end, and the defect comes back next month wearing a different name.
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What is holding your operation back today?
Tell me the concrete problem. I will tell you whether it is mine to solve or someone else’s, and what I would do first.