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- Two Critical ToolsIn my experience in manufacturing and continuous improvement, there are two tools that the engineer needs to lean on heavily. Just two processes they should master and continually practice, because these two tools will make all the difference. It might seem unfair when you consider the whole workbench of Lean and Six Sigma, especially whenContinue reading “Two Critical Tools”
- Engineering and Design/DraftingThe creation of CAD blurred a line in the last century. Prior to CAD, engineers would make drawings if they really, absolutely had no choice. The separation of drafter/designer and engineer was important for two big reasons – first, the engineer was responsible for the safety and effectiveness of the end product and needed toContinue reading “Engineering and Design/Drafting”
- Killer KaizenFolks may not be clear on Kaizen. If you read the original books that came here from Japan trying to explain to the West what ‘magic’ Japan has been using to beat the Big 3 (this was a while ago, so you are forgiven if this doesn’t ring a bell) you will not find instructionsContinue reading “Killer Kaizen”
- Why – why, why, why, why?Five whys is a method of finding the root cause of a problem. It was developed within Toyota – either by Sakichi Toyoda or Taiichi Ohno, depending on the website you find – and continues to be one of the root tools used by that company to find root causes of issues and problems. ThereContinue reading “Why – why, why, why, why?”
- How to assess RISKOne of the things all engineers should know how to do is to express risk in terms that can be measured. Here’s how to do that. RISK = Severity x Occurrence The common understanding of numerical risk assessment considers severity and occurrence by weighting them (multiplying) against each other. This was established by the militaryContinue reading “How to assess RISK”
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