Grant :

You said it all !!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Emandien [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 3:49 PM
> To:   'TechNet E-Mail Forum.'; 'Narayana Vishy-CVN002'
> Subject:      RE: [TN] Defect Count
>
> Hear, hear Narayana!
>
> It is only by analysing data that we are able to improve our processes as
> various people collect data which we are then able to correlate. This has
> allowed us to vastly improve the relevancy and also the currency of
> collected data. The mere fact that we are collecting data to improve our
> processes has resulted in the evolution of a common language (an
> incidentally the evolution of a continuous process improvement culture)
> within our company as all staff are calibrated to define and describe a
> problem more accurately and succinctly. Needless to say, the staff are
> able
> to better understand the problems experienced, its cause and its solution
> and hence knowledge is not limited to the few - the more contributions,
> the
> sooner the problems are resolved and eventually prevented.
>
> At our facility we are nearing a stage of 'microdata'analysis as Narayana
> so
> sweetly puts it, but on the money. It is amazing the type of information
> surfacing at these levels.
>
> Maybe it's not so obvious to all, but a company not only manufactures
> product/services but also data/information, and we tend to ignore the
> latter
> to our detriment. It is only when one practices data collection and
> analysis
> that its relevance becomes so obvious. What we also observe that a
> manufacturing facility not only churns out product ad nauseum, but it has
> become a place where people have become creative by continually designing
> and redesigning processes for improvement.
>
> In closing, we are all in awe with the Internet which really only provides
> information. Data collection is information, so why the contradiction! The
> existence of the Technet forum (and others) is evidence of the need for
> information and a beacon to those who have gathered data!
>
> Enough said
> Grant
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Narayana Vishy-CVN002 [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 3:10 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Defect Count
>
>
> ~ laughing harder ~
>
> Franklin :
> Good quality management starts with
> 1) Good & accurate quality data collection
> 2) Using proper analysis of the data
> 3) Focussed problem solving
>
> You can use just your inspection operators to collect and analyse such
> data...just by the way of a few clicks or touches (by touch-screen
> monitors
> ) . If you had the money to do it , current information technology stuff
> should help you to collect the data as it happens....with all the details
> that you want...and analyse the data in all possible ways...don't ever use
> one person just to collect data !
>
> If you want the data just for reporting....then go ahead make that number
> as
> low as possible ! :)
> but if you are interested in analysing the defects and get your line
> running
> without defects.....you need micro data...and that's where the OFE comes
> into picture !
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Franklin [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 7:57 PM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Re: [TN] Defect Count
> >
> > ~laughing~
> >
> > Yes, very confusing!!! And how many staff members are dedicated towards
> > collecting and sorting all that data you collect using that approach?
> >
> > Franklin
> >
>
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