What is Poka Yoke and how to use it in the manufacturing industry for zero defects?

Poka-Yoke: Poka Yoke means Mistake Proofing or Error Proofing. Poka Yoke is a mechanism to prevent mistakes, and defects from being made or detect mistakes if not prevented. It is also called error-proofing or foolproofing. Dr. Shigeo Shingo developed the concept of Poka-Yoke. Poka-Yoke is based on the concept that people do not make mistakes intentionally. … Read more

What are cycle time and takt time in lean manufacturing?

cycle time vs takt time

Cycle Time vs Takt Time: Cycle Time: Cycle time in manufacturing is the time taken to produce a final part using different processes. It is a maximum time-consuming process time. We can get cycle time by observing the process for a defined time & counting the number of parts produced in that time. We should … Read more

What is the Cost of poor quality and how to calculate COPQ in the automotive industry?

COPQ

 Cost of Poor Quality: The cost incurred in producing & rectifying a defect is called the cost of poor quality. It is also called the cost of non-conformance. Purpose of COPQ: The cost of poor quality will be calculated for all the rejections & rework at the in-house & customer end. MR/QA head will be … Read more

The Ultimate Guide to Measurement System Analysis in 2023

Measurement System Analysis

Measurement System A measurement System is the collection of instruments, standards, operations, methods, fixtures, software, inspectors, environment & assumptions used to quantify a unit of measure or fix assessment to the feature characteristics being measured. It is the complete process used to obtain a measurement during measurement system analysis. It is one of the 5 … Read more

APQP Responsibility Matrix as per APQP guidelines | APQP Matrix

APQP Responsibilty Matrix

What is the APQP Matrix? The Advanced Product Quality Planning APQP Responsibility Matrix is a tool used in the automotive and manufacturing industries to clearly define and communicate the roles and responsibilities of individuals or teams involved in the product development and launch process. APQP is a structured approach to product development that focuses on … Read more

Simple concepts about SPC,Control Chart and Histogram

SPC

Statistical Process Control (SPC)? SPC is controlling the process variation by using statistical techniques. Statistical techniques such as Control charts and histograms are used to analyze the process & achieve & maintain a state of statistical control to get a product having no defect. What is Statistics? It is information derived from the sample data to estimate … Read more