Insights.
Practical guides for manufacturing and quality teams. Each one starts with the short answer, then shows the method, the numbers and the mistakes to avoid.
Process capability
What is a good Cpk? Cp, Cpk, Pp and Ppk explained.
The four indices, the formulas, what each value means in defects per million, how many readings you need, and how to improve the number.
Quality
First article inspection (AS9102), explained.
When a full or partial FAI is required, what goes on Forms 1, 2 and 3, how to balloon a drawing, and why packages get rejected.
Throughput
How to find the real bottleneck in a machine shop.
Follow the queues, calculate load against available capacity, time the constraint, then use the five focusing steps before buying equipment.
Standard work
How to capture tribal knowledge before it walks out the door.
Find what only a few people know, decide what to capture first, and write it down as key points and reasons that the next person can use.
Let's measure what's really happening.
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