TPM
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
We should be able to determine whether we need to put detection in place in certain areas and determine how to recover from certain fault conditions.
Read More »Loss Trees and Loss Deployment
What are Loss Trees? In general, Loss Trees are simply a listing of the losses (inefficiencies) which may exist in a factory production process. Loss Deployment is a cascade process that looks initially at the overall factory losses than increasingly at a more detailed level down to a packing line…
Read More »Defining Problem
A problem is an undesirable situation which may be solvable by some agent although probably with some difficulty.
Read More »Losses, Costs, and Efficiency
Losses in Production System Figure “How The Losses Inherent in Production Systems (The 16 Big Losses) Are Structured” shows the structure of the losses inherent in a typical production system. These losses can be split into three main categories: those preventing equipment from being used as efficiently as it could…
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4M Analysis Process: Root Cause Guide for Manufacturing
Learn how to use 4M Analysis to find manufacturing root causes across People, Machine, Method, and Material with diagrams, examples, and checklist.
