40 Top Tools for Manufacturers: A Guide for Implementing Powerful Improvement Activities

Description

We know how important it is for you to have the right tool when you need it. If you're a team leader or facilitator in a manufacturing environment, you've probably been searching a long time for a collection of implementation tools tailored specifically to your needs. Well, look no further. Based on the same principles used to develop Tool Navigator's Master Guide for Teams, here is a group of 40 dynamic tools to help you and your teams implement powerful manufacturing process improvement. This essential resource allows you and your teams to start and complete almost any manufacturing task. The book includes plenty of graphics, charts, illustrations and indexes to help you navigate your way through a problem solving process. In addition, the author gives you relevant background information and an overview of a tool's usage to assist your teams in the proper selection, sequencing, and application of major tools such as JIT, TPM, Process Mapping and Cycle Time Management. To help you and your teams select just the right tool for your problem solving or manufacturing process improvement activities, we've sorted and arranged them into four stages. The real power of this book is that if you use the tools, working your way through the stages, the end result is Customer Satisfaction! The four stages are: process; cycle time; variability; and problem solving. Unlike other tool guides, the Tool Navigator guides are more than just a book of dry definitions. It is a true navigator. Contents Publisher’s Message Acknowledgments Introduction Stage One— Navigator Tools for the Manufacturing Process 1 (PP) Activity Network Diagram 2 (IG) Checklist 3 (Cl) Facility Layout Diagram 4 (PP) Gozinto Chart 5 (AT) Process Analysis 6 (AT) Process Flowchart 7 (Cl) Process Mapping 8 (Cl) Process Selection Matrix 9 (PP) Top-Down Flow Chart 10 (PP) Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 11 (Cl) Work Flow Analysis (WFA) Stage Two— Navigator Tools for Cycle Time 12 (AT) Activity Analysis 13 (AT) Cycle Time Flowchart 14 (Cl) Monthly Assessment Schedule 15 (Cl) Time Study Sheet Stage Three— Navigator Tools for Variability 16 (AT) Analysis of Variance 17 (AT) Control Chart— c (Variable) 18 (AT) Control Chart—p (Attribute) 19 (AT) Control Chart—X-R (Variable) 20 (AT) Cost of Quality 21 (Cl) Events Log 22 (AT) Frequency Distribution (FD) 23 (AT) Line Chart 24 (AT) Multivariable Chart 25 (AT) Process Capability Ratios 26 (AT) Stratum Chart 27 (AT) Variance Analysis Stage Four— Navigator Tools for Problem Solving 28 (AT) Cause and Effect Diagram Adding Cards (CEDAC) 29 (DC) Checksheet 30 (DC) Defect Map 31 (ES) Dendrogram 32 (CI) Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) 33 (AT) Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) 34 (PP) Matrix Diagram 35 (AT) Pareto Chart 36 (CI) Potential Problem Analysis (PPA) 37 (PP) Problem Specification 38 (AT) SCAMPER 39 (ES) Solution Matrix 40 (AT) Window Analysis Appendix A: Major TQM Tools, Methods, and Processes Appendix B: Cross-Reference Index Abbreviated Bibliography About the Author