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The packer was equipped with 12 obsolete pneumatic control valves...

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…

Learn the difference between Cpk and Ppk, how process capability and performance are calculated, and when manufacturers should use each metric.

The Challenge with Data Collection The data you collect may only be as good as the system you use to collect it. Repeated measures of a variable give different results. Data collected from a measurement system that is not “accurate or precise” may lead to an incorrect business decision: Rejecting…