Process Improvement To succeed today you need to stay ahead of the competition. Process improvement plays an integral role in the modern organisation and keeping up to speed on the latest happenings is vitally important. See what others are up to and consider if it may be of benefit to you.
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Many of the fundamental processes are unchanged but the control and feed back is constantly improving and that makes the difference As is the case with any area of plant maintenance or operations, the development of new networking
technologies and protocols have revolved around improving efficiency without sacrificing performance |
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Sunday 30 September, 2007 03:00 AM |
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a sign of the times - fortress Europe is maybe not such a fortress
STRASBOURG: The European Parliament approved on Wednesday the creation of a technology institute in a bid to bolster economic growth, which has trailed the U.S. rate for most of the past decade. |
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Friday 28 September, 2007 01:20 PM |
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at the end of the day - you don't know what you don't know - and you need somebody to tell you People trained in the Behavioral, Cognitive, and Social Sciences (BCSS) seldom play a critical role in the development of new products. Yeah, they do user testing and sometimes take part in the design, but seldom take part in specifying the product in the first place. Moreover, when economic times get tight, they are among the first to be let go.
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Sunday 23 September, 2007 01:03 PM |
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I've been there and done that and it ain't rocket science - drop me a line and I'd be happy to pass on my views The failure of continuous improvement efforts is a topic of discussion in many organizations -- and in many business media outlets. According to a Bain Consulting study, less than 19 percent of organizations that have attempted a lean effort are happy with the results.
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Thursday 20 September, 2007 01:17 PM |
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and very important too - there's no point in a killer design if it can not be made efficiently Cadence, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Ponte Solutions, Samsung, Sagantec, ST Microelectronics and Texas Instruments are the founding members of the the Design For Manufacturability Coalition (DFMC), as announced on Sept. 19 ,by Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2).
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Thursday 20 September, 2007 01:05 PM |
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No man is an island and no production centrer can be either - In an earlier article a month or so ago, we looked at the strategic initiatives that we think Thai automotive suppliers need to consider as part of their restructuring efforts for long-term sustainability and improved bottom-line results. One of the key measures discussed was the importance of vertical product integration . |
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Wednesday 19 September, 2007 01:03 PM |
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we all want fast prototyping A fast and cost-effective route to producing prototypes of electronics enclosures is a process developed in Europe that combines CAD with CNC machining to fabricate plastic sheet. |
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Monday 17 September, 2007 12:49 PM |
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China’s not perfect.
That may come as a surprise to some folks who talk about the “Big Land” as if it has no blemishes, some sort of manufacturing paradise where workers are always happy and the environment is left pristine despite the massive development under way. |
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Friday 31 August, 2007 02:00 AM |
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WASHINGTON: The United States is facing a brain drain , the loss of intellectual resources that till recently deprived countries such as India and China of its best and brightest, according to a new study. |
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Thursday 23 August, 2007 10:22 AM |
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Aligning Lean Six Sigma with your organization’s strategy:
Transforming Lean Six Sigma into bottom-line improvement,
top-line growth and increased customer attraction and retention This looks like the place to be for all of the latest - check it out |
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Friday 17 August, 2007 12:39 PM |
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In 1888, an inventor named George Eastman designed, manufactured, and marketed a camera that changed not only photography, but consumer products—forever.Four years earlier, Eastman invented a new kind of film, roll film, that was much easier to handle than fragile photographic plates. Now, had Eastman taken a typical engineering approach to designing a camera that used roll film, he would have copied the typical camera of the time, just on a smaller scale, providing an incremental improvement on his predecessors. Instead, he focused on the experience he wanted to deliver, captured in his advertising slogan, "You press the button, we do the rest." |
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Friday 10 August, 2007 12:36 PM |
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WALLDORF, Germany - August 08, 2007 - Furthering its commitment to deliver business value via innovation, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today unveiled its road map for the SAP® Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) application, which will help companies successfully address two dominant business trends – the accelerated speed of change and the need to differentiate through innovation within their business network. |
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Thursday 9 August, 2007 02:01 PM |
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Everybody gets pulled into meetings by their boss' boss every once in awhile to provide backup in some contentious situation with another organization or company. You blow it by making some other high powered person look like an idiot, you can make yourself look like a moron, or (hopefully) you can display your knowledge and shine. This post discusses 5 ways to make that more favorable outcome happen:
Five ways to be a good executive wingman
Pete Johnson
HP.com Chief Architect
Personal blog: http://nerdguru.net
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Wednesday 8 August, 2007 01:06 AM |
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The US has lost track of about 190,000 weapons issued to Iraqi security forces since the 2003 invasion, some of which will have ended up in the hands of insurgents, according to an official report published in Washington. Among the missing items are AK-47 rifles, pistols, body armour and helmets. This is a Cassic - with a capital C - We need Engineering and Manufacturing procedures in place to keep the supply train "on Track". Forget the excuses - there is a procedure - follow it. |
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Tuesday 7 August, 2007 01:05 PM |
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Every so often an article appears discussing the need to change focus from process improvement to innovation. I disagree on several grounds. First you have needed to focus on both all the time. Second, it is not an either or choice. Third, the process of innovation should be improved. I do not believe process improvement is bad for innovation. Bad process changes can be bad for innovation. But if we are looking at a research and development organization where the output is new products then process improvement would be focused on improving the processes to make that happen. The type of process improvement would be different than those made to manufacturing a product better. Some six sigma efforts are little more than cost cutting efforts. And those efforts might claim a "process improvement" that is really just cutting costs in R&D. But we should not confuse bad management with the good practice of process improvement. Continue reading process improvement and innovation |
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Monday 30 July, 2007 04:57 PM |
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To compare Six Sigma™ and Kaizen is a simple question that has no simple answer for these reasons. First, each term has more than one meaning. Second, there are two different levels at which to compare Six Sigma™ and Kaizen. You can compare them at the level of making an improvement to a business process (the simplest level) or at the level of a total approach to implementing Quality within a company. Third, there are many sides to the comparison of these two approaches. I can think of nine different ways to compare them. This means that you need to make the comparison between Six Sigma™ and Kaizen nine times and then, look across those nine comparisons and make a final judgment. Fourth, there is a difference between what people who promote these approaches say and what actually happens in practice. Which do you use to make your comparison? |
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Thursday 12 July, 2007 12:36 PM |
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A Lean Manufacturer operating in the automotive sector is currently participating in research that aims to measure pin the maintenance functionerformance
Have a look at this article - any comment ?
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Thursday 28 June, 2007 12:36 PM |
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Watching experts play darts can be an exciting experience, with
contestants using skill and concentration to land their quills on
target.
But seeing novices pick up darts can be a sign to run for cover as
darts go wildly astray, missing their targets and sometimes the entire
board.
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Sunday 3 June, 2007 05:40 PM |
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TimelineA brief overview of the major milestones in science and engineering.
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Thursday 8 March, 2007 05:17 PM |
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Quality is a never ending quest and Continuous Process Improvement
(CPI) is a never ending effort to discover and eliminate the main
causes of problems. It accomplishes this by using small-steps
improvements, rather than implementing one huge improvement. The
Japanese have a term for this called "kaizen" which involves everyone,
from the hourly workers to top-management.
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Monday 5 March, 2007 03:12 PM |
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