Did you know that manufacturers with visibility to real-time metrics in manufacturing have a higher average OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) than those who don’t? According to the LNS Research Report: "Big Data - Driving Quality Intelligence at the Speed of Manufacturing", the difference is significant: 5 percentage points higher. You can request your copy of this reporthere.
Further, in the quality management arena, people are talking about Big Data—especially with more focus on finding correlations in real-time performance data. Many of today’s quality analytics solutions are designed to support the use of Big Data analytics, so manufacturers can cultivate and analyze massive amounts real-time data generated by SPC and other quality process data sources.
“Data” is a word never far from quality professionals’ minds. But when most companies are talking about data and its associated challenges, the conversation is usually about obtaining the intelligence needed to react to an event or make a decision based on that data.
Our new GainSeeker Collect iPad (and Android) app has been picking up momentum. We think it is because it is easy to set up, flexible enough to handle a lot of situations, and fast, efficient, and very portable for the operator. “
A pure play SPC software implementation (like GainSeeker Suite) is the fastest, surest way to increase throughput, quality, revenue generating capacity, and profitability.
I ran across a thought-provoking post at Modern Servant Leader about how social media has shifted job responsibilities in the corporate world.... What does it mean to shift quality assurance from "par" to "peak?" Has the advent of social media shifted the focus of your quality system from "acceptable quality levels" to "peak performance?"
Resource links for people in the foods Industry.
How best-in-class food processing companies drive profits, increase efficiency, and reduce risk.
Over at the LinkedIn Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma & Lean [...]
A recent article on SearchDataManagement.com about a Gartner Group conference [...]
