வார்த்தைகளைத் தாண்டிப் புரிந்துகொள்வோம் – தரம்

வார்த்தைகளும் வழக்கு மொழிகளும் பல நேரங்களில் நம் கண்ணை மறைத்துவிடுகின்றன. அந்த விதத்தில் நாம் இன்னும் சரியாகப் புரிந்துகொள்ளாத ஒரு வார்த்தை - Quality. Quality என்றால் என்ன? தரம் - இதனை குறையற்ற தன்மை என்றும், குறிப்பிட்ட பயன்பாட்டிற்கான தகுதி என்றும் கூறலாம். Quality குறித்த பல வரையறைகளுள் குறிப்பிடத் தகுந்த சில – American Society for Quality – ASQ தரத்தைப் பின்வருமாறு வரையறுக்கிறது. Quality என்பது ஓர் அனுபவம். அறிவியல் பூர்வமாகப் பார்க்கும் போது அதற்கு இரண்டு அர்த்தங்கள் கொள்ளலாம். குறிப்பிட்ட அல்லது எதிர்பார்க்கப்படும் தேவையைப் பூர்த்திசெய்யும் திறன் மற்றும் குறையற்ற தன்மை. தரவியலின் தந்தையாகப் போற்றப்படும் அமெரிக்காவின் எட்வர்ட் டெமிங் தரத்தைப் பின்வருமாறு வரையறுக்கிறார் – பயன்படுத்துவோரின் தேவைக்கு ஏற்றதுபோல் பொருளை...

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What is OEE?

OEE is an abbreviation of Overall Equipment Effectiveness. It is a measure of the effectiveness of a machine or a line. Here, effectiveness means ‘efficiency + quality’. OEE is one of the key driving metrics of Total Productive Maintenance. Why is OEE important? Imagine that an organisation has invested ‘x’ amount of money in its infrastructure and facility – out of which a significant portion say ‘y’ would be consumed by the machinery and equipment. If the equipment is maintained...

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Cash to Cash Cycle Time

What is Cash to Cash Cycle? Cash to cash cycle time is the time lapse between payment to suppliers and getting payment from the customers. Every business exists to provide a tangible or intangible product to the people in need and make money out of those provisions in the form of profit. A company has to invest money in the business. There are 2 types of investments - Asset Capital and Working Capital. When a company spends money on creating...

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Lead Time

What is Lead Time? Lead time is the time required to complete the set of processes - from start to finish. There are 3 types of such measures in Business Process. Order LT The time required to complete the order - from order receipt to product/service delivery to the consumer. Processing LT The time required to convert the Raw Material into Finished Product (or Production LT) or The time required to convert input information into output information (Service Production LT)...

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What is Muda?

Muda Muda is a Japanese word meaning Waste. So, any activity that consumes time and effort and fails to produce the desired outcome is termed as Waste. In a production plant, people transport materials from one place to another for storage of for next processing. The activity of transporting consumes their time and effort. But the material does not get any value addition because of the mere transportation. Hence, transportation is termed as waste. Origin Muda is one of the fundamental...

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Takt Time

Takt Time - Conductors Wand

What is Takt Time? Takt time is the time given by the client to the manufacturer to pull out one piece of finished material from the plant. In other words, it is the time (frequency) at which the manufacturing plant to complete one unit of its product. We can also describe it as the demanded exit rate of a plant. How to Calculate Takt time? Calculate monthly average demand for the product/product family (we can calculate takt time for a...

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Cycle Time

What is Cycle Time

What is Cycle Time? Cycle Time is the time required by an operation or by a machine to complete the processing of one component. How to calculate Cycle Time? Start your stopwatch when a completed component comes out of a machine (or a person completes working on a component). Stop your timer when the next (consecutive) piece comes out of the machine (or a person completes working on the next component) Repeat this for 5 or more times and calculate...

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Can ERP bring down inventory?

CSense SME Lean Case Study Can ERP bring down inventory? The Company When we visited the company first time, we were surprised to see an SME version of advanced ERP in that company. When we had our Gemba walk, we understood the pain and the trigger point for the decision to invest such a huge amount for ERP. Can ERP alone bring down the inventory levels? Let us discuss in this SME Lean Case Study. They are one of the...

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Will Technology Solve your Problems?

CSense SME Consulting Case Study Will Technology Solve your Problems? Ever increasing Labour Cost Slowly it was dawning on them that to be successful tomorrow, you need to wake up today - that too as an SME you need to wake up early. That is a small company run by two brothers. They design, manufacture the furniture and equipment used in hospitals and laboratories. The business has never been phenomenal but it kept 'running'. With more than a decade in...

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LSS Green Belt

CSense - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training and Certification What is Lean Six Sigma? One of the most Powerful business transformation tools used all over the world across every industrial sector for past tow decades. It is becoming a must-be in many companies in developed countries and in MNCs in India, gaining momentum among many Indian corporate houses in the past decade. Automobile, Electronics, and Banking have already ventured into LSS – improving the quality of our lives and Telecom, medicine, engineering, BPO and...

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