Kaizen, the operational performance management?
The Kaizen method continues to be studied and applied today in industries around the world. Initiated in Japan, it has since attracted Western companies with its unique approach to production and management. Dedicated to continuous improvement, the Kaizen system is one of the foundations of lean manufacturing. [...]
What is the role of work instructions in the DMAIC method?
The DMAIC method is used to solve problems in various areas, starting with industry. Combined with the Six Sigma method, it includes 5 steps from defining the problem to evaluating the actions decided and applied to remedy it. Work instructions play a fundamental role in several [...]
Why give more autonomy to workers on production lines?
More than ever, in the industrial world, the emphasis is placed on the development of skills and human capital in general. The days when operators were considered as mere performers or machine operators are over. They are now encouraged to become full-fledged players in the value [...]
How do work instructions help reducing production times?
The work instruction is the document that specifies all the stages of the elaboration of a document, as well as the succession of these phases. As the pursuit of optimal productivity and on-time delivery are constants in industrial life, improving work instructions is of paramount importance [...]
How to improve workers training?
Recruitment is one of the major issues facing industry players. But even when the right people are hired and this crucial step is successfully completed, the trick is still far from being done. It will then be a matter of successfully integrating and training newcomers. It [...]
How important is to digitize the technicians’ field processes?
The digitisation of processes is a logic that is already well underway in the industry. The factories are equipped with digital tools that not only make it possible to get rid of paper supports that are as cumbersome as they are impractical and complicated to update, [...]
Is the transition of manufacturing companies to SaaS mandatory ?
Does the future of the industry necessarily require SaaS-type software? Software as a service" is of interest to many companies, while others are more reserved about these solutions. SaaS increasingly covers more and more services and functional areas of the industry In 2014-2015, SaaS publishers recorded [...]
Reinventing documentation to improve operational performance
To support operational performance, continuous improvements must be made in all parts of the company, starting with documentation. We cannot claim to gain in efficiency and competitiveness if the information media are organized, used and transmitted via methods and tools that are no longer up-to-date. All [...]
