Black Belt Training
TPM Leadership Training Session – The 8 Wastes
Understanding of the enormous opportunities across the entire enterprise to eliminate waste and improve processes, starting with manufacturing.
Read More »Focused Improvement Training. CAP-Do and the 16 Major Losses
The packer was equipped with 12 obsolete pneumatic control valves...
Read More »What is Error-Proofing or Poka-Yoke
A strategy of implementing “fail-safe mechanisms” to prevent a process from producing defects.A timeless common-sense concept that was more recently popularized by Japanese industrial engineer Shigeo Shingo. Error-proofing is a philosophy whereby it is unacceptable to make even a very small number of defects or mistakes, and the only way…
Read More »Cpk vs. Ppk? What Is The Difference and Why It Is Important
Cpk: Process Capability Index. Adjustment of Process Capability (Cp) for the effect of non-centred distribution. Cpk tells you what the process is CAPABLE of doing in the future, assuming it remains in a state of statistical control. Ppk: Process Performance Index. Adjustment of Process Performance (Pp) for the effect of…
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