six sigma
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INTRODUCTION
SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF MANUFACTURING
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PROBLEMS Inflexibility Waste Inconsistency Complication Meandering Impatience Permissiveness sloth
• INCONSISTENCY • It is the chief deadly sin of manufacturing. • It puts a plant’s , department’s , function’s interest before the interests of the company as a whole. • According to Kenneth Boulding’s phrase- “SUBOPTIMISATION IS THE NAME OF THE DEVIL”. • It means consciously, happily, and often scientifically doing what seems right for the plant, department or function but what in the end, the company may not want or need.
• It is often caused by the diverse interests tugging and pulling on production people. • EFFECTS • Deliveries are not on time. • Costs are too high. • Poor quality. • Delay in launching new products. • Snubbed by rest of the competition.
• It is evident that to become world class, manufacturing has to do many things well. • In addition to producing output of consistently high quality on time and at low cost, it must be flexible enough to accommodate diverse models, fluctuating volumes and new product introductions.
SEVEN DEADLY SINS OF MANUFACTURING
• • • • • • • • •
PROBLEMS Inflexibility Waste Inconsistency Complication Meandering Impatience Permissiveness sloth
• INCONSISTENCY • It is the chief deadly sin of manufacturing. • It puts a plant’s , department’s , function’s interest before the interests of the company as a whole. • According to Kenneth Boulding’s phrase- “SUBOPTIMISATION IS THE NAME OF THE DEVIL”. • It means consciously, happily, and often scientifically doing what seems right for the plant, department or function but what in the end, the company may not want or need.
• It is often caused by the diverse interests tugging and pulling on production people. • EFFECTS • Deliveries are not on time. • Costs are too high. • Poor quality. • Delay in launching new products. • Snubbed by rest of the competition.
• It is evident that to become world class, manufacturing has to do many things well. • In addition to producing output of consistently high quality on time and at low cost, it must be flexible enough to accommodate diverse models, fluctuating volumes and new product introductions.
