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P‑M Analysis
P‑M Analysis is a technique for addressing chronic losses. This approach to cause analysis thoroughly studies the M, or Mechanisms, of a specific problem phenomenon related to equipment, or P. Learn the differences between chronic losses and sporadic losses, the characteristics of P‑M Analysis compared to other common cause analysis approaches, the eight steps for conducting P‑M Analysis, and a typical project team and how they use a storyboard to visualize their work.
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TPM Education and Training
The TPM Education and Training pillar is a key enabler of all other TPM methods, techniques, and practices. By following the step-by-step approach to building this pillar, we design and deploy long-term plans to develop people’s skills that are key to raising motivation, improving equipment performance, and meeting business objectives.
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How to Run Virtual Kata in the Classroom
Experiential learning is an effective way to learn continuous improvement concepts, but what happens when participants can only connect virtually? The answer is that there are ways to virtually practice continuous improvement concepts, including the Kata in the Classroom workshop. Originally targeted at Middle School teachers, Kata in the Classroom has now found its way into K‑12, college, and corporate educational settings around the world. This course uses a cloud-based spreadsheet instead of a jigsaw puzzle and provides tips and tricks to successfully run the workshop virtually.
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Change Management
Change management offers a structured process for planning, preparing, implementing, and monitoring successful change in an organization. Learn the seven common reasons that change efforts fail, proven frameworks for avoiding these failure modes, and how to form and operate a steering committee that is able to manage risk, engage stakeholders, and monitor the progress of a change initiative.
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How to Design Internal Logistics Delivery Routes
The design and operation of delivery routes are central to the success of an internal logistics system. Learn the four common types of delivery routes, the role of pull signals in logistics information flow, how to create delivery route standard work, how to follow the step-by-step approach to designing a continuous replenishment delivery route, and more.
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Facilitation
A key role of a facilitator is to help participants of meetings, workshops, conferences, or other events meet certain objectives within a set amount of time. Facilitation skills and practices help engage people in change, improvement, or innovation activities. Learn what a facilitator is and is not, how they facilitate different types of activities and the seven key facilitation skills.
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QFD Quality Function Deployment
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a structured approach for translating customer needs into technical requirements. QFD has great significance in modern product development because of rapidly changing technologies and customer needs. Correctly identifying customer needs is paramount to our ability to design products and services that meet these needs. By doing this, QFD plays a key role in supporting an organization’s design and development efforts. Learn how the diagram known as the House of Quality creates a visual framework for linking customer needs with design specifications, best practices for collecting Voice of the Customer data, practices for evaluating, ranking, and prioritizing technical requirements, and more.
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How To Build a Supermarket
The supermarket is a parts storage area that serves as a key building block of a flow-focused internal logistics system. Learn the main differences between supermarkets and traditional storage, its advantages, and the steps for developing, sustaining, and improving supermarket operations.
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What is a Water Spider?
The water spider plays a critical role in helping an organization achieve smooth flow. They move materials through an operation, step in to relieve team members, and prevent non-routine tasks from interrupting the workflow. Learn how the role of a water spider differs from that of an internal logistics delivery driver, the three types of water spider tasks, how to set their work interval, and how to create standard work for a water spider role.
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What is Internal Logistics?
As organizations take steps toward achieving continuous flow it’s common for one or more supporting systems to struggle. A typical problem is that material handling and supply processes can’t keep up with the faster pace of one-piece flow. In other words, we need to build a system of internal logistics that enables continuous flow. Learn the steps for building an internal logistics system from creating a plan for every part (PFEP), preparing a parts supermarket, developing delivery routes, designing racks, containers and conveyance systems, and documenting standard work for logistics.
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