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MTTR (Mean Time To Repair) and MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) are key maintenance metrics. They help measure machine performance and reliability. Lean Manufacturing and IATF 16949-certified automotive industries use them widely. These metrics support efforts to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).” MTTR and MTBF are very useful Lean Tools of manufacturing industries. These two key performance … Read more
The Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED) concept was developed by Shigeo Shingo, an industrial engineer at Toyota. It refers to the process of reducing the time required to change over a machine or production line from one product to another to under 10 minutes. The primary goal of SMED is to do for faster … Read more
The Occupational Health and Safety management system (ISO 45001:2018) is for health and safety in an industry. There are 10 clauses in this standard as per the ISO 9001:2015 standard. The first 3 clauses provide the background of the standard. The remaining 7 clauses deliver the requirements of the ISO 45001:2018 standard. This standard is based … Read more
Process Scope This process is applicable for establishing a system for strategic business plan and monitoring relevant measurable objectives to enhance the organization’s performance to achieve business goals and to ensure overall business growth. Process Owner Top Management (MD/Plant Head) Process Description Identify all the internal and external issues that affect the company’s business policies … Read more
Process Scope This process is applicable for maintaining a system for timely receipt, storage and issue of materials from Stores and on-time delivery of products to the customer as per their requirement. Process Owner STORE-IN CHARGE Process description Handling of BOP/Raw Material: Colour coding of Raw Material Issue of Raw Material/ BOP Components to Production … Read more
Process Scope: This process is applicable to establish a system for the identification and disposition of non conforming products at all stages i.e., Incoming, In-process, Finished stages and Customer return. Process Owner: HOD Quality Process Description: Process to control Incoming Rejection: Non-conforming Products at all stages (incoming, in-process & final) shall be identified with a … Read more
Internal audit checklists are the checkpoints for different departments in a manufacturing industry to perform an internal quality system audit. They cover all the requirements as per ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 standards with updated sanctioned interpretations (IATF SIs). These checklists apply to all departments, such as Production, Quality, Maintenance, Purchase, Store, Marketing, Top Management, … Read more
These EHS requirements are categorized into 3 clauses i.e. Financial, Safety and Top Management bandwidth & HR Practices. Here EHS requirements are related to Environment, Health and Safety requirements. These requirements are extracted from ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 standards. Financial Data of the Company: Safety (Working Conditions, Human & Machine Safety, Fire Safety): Working … Read more
Purpose: This process is applicable to establish and maintain a system for continual improvement of the Quality Management System (Product/Process/Documented System) and its effective implementation throughout the organization. Process Owner: Management Representative Process Description for Continual Improvement: Identification of improvement opportunities: This is done in a variety of ways as under Quality objectives: Management review … Read more
What is OEE? OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is a term used to measure manufacturing productivity. It is to calculate the percentage of time an equipment is truly productive. OEE is the main KPI of production to check the productivity of an equipment/plant. For calculating the OEE of the plant or multiple machines, we can calculate … Read more