IME 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Autonomation, Gemba, Dmaic
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Ddd = due date delivery: select project, grasp situation: go and see, develop plan (based on the data): ask why are all things happening, execute plan: select from one alternative, check plan, take action: adjustments, conclusions. Results in safer work methods, better quality and shorter times. Spending money should be the last resort. Focus: meet customer need, improve human motions, machine improvement. Overproduction (worst muda): making/transporting excess nished goods. Causes: poor production planning, have excess capacity, traditional manufacturing. Conveyance: move product from station to station. Over processing: investing too much in something that the customer will not pay. Correction: producing, making, causing defects or errors. Overburden: making machines or people do more than they are capable of. Wasted knowledge and creativity: not taking into account knowledge. De ned as level of output of a given process relative to the level of output. Method study: how to do something + work measurement: how long something takes.