No matter what your business manufactures—from clothing to electronics to industrial parts—it’s critical to prevent problems before they occur. When it comes to issues that can arise during the manufacturing process, there are enhanced solutions, called Statistical...
GainSeeker Suite real-time SPC software can have a profound impact on a business, and even on a whole supply chain. We’ve authored a collection of the GainSeeker case studies to share some of those stories. What makes that possible? Some years ago we authored a...
Recently I revisited some Gartner research on the stages of manufacturing maturity1. I first ran into this a few years ago. At the time, it made a lot of sense to me, but I got distracted by other projects. In rediscovering it, I found myself mapping the stages of the...
Defect Management is one of the most effective methods for improving manufacturing operations because it is so simple. Everyone understands the idea of defects, and the statistics are simple and intuitive. People understand a Pareto Chart at a glance. But implementing...
A recent post at Application Development Trends Magazine (“Analysts Keep Saying Big Data Is So Over”) forecasts the end of “Big Data” era in favor of the latest buzzword: “Systems of Insight.” In a very cool graphic (which I...
Here are two contradictory perspectives on OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness): “Often, the returns from overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) forays that improve asset utilization or statistical process control (SPC) initiatives that limit process drift pay for...
