by Epicor, on Aug 28, 2023 11:58:06 AM
Poka-yoke is a Japanese term for mistake-proofing, derived from the Japanese words yokeru (avoid) and poka (mistakes). Famously popularized by the influential Toyota Production System, poka-yoke refers to any mechanism …
Read Storyby Epicor, on Aug 14, 2023 11:37:00 AM
For sports fans, trust the process is a familiar phrase that has been popularized in recent years as a kind of tongue-in-cheek nod to the long-term team-building strategy of the …
Read Storyby Epicor, on Jul 10, 2023 8:43:08 AM
Today, growing numbers of manufacturers are embracing the power and possibilities of connected process control technologies and using innovative new solutions to transform their production environments. The best of these …
Read Storyby Epicor, on May 9, 2023 3:12:33 PM
Accelerate error-proofing goals in your assembly process. First pass yield is a metric that measures the percentage of quality units produced at the end of a manufacturing or assembly process, …
Read Storyby Epicor, on Apr 16, 2023 2:00:30 PM
Boost new efficiencies, enhance operational excellence, and improve quality. Often in industry there are inherent tensions between complexity and simplicity, sophistication and clarity, and customization and standardization. Tools and technologies …
Read Storyby Tina Kennedy, on May 13, 2022 3:49:17 PM
Some people might say that the tried and true method of training new operators is to have them shadow a veteran employee. But what if there's no one with the …
Read Storyby Tina Kennedy, on Mar 24, 2022 5:18:15 PM
Modern societies have digitally transformed over the past three decades at exponential rates. In the 90s there were approximately 11 million cell phone users and according to Statistica, that number …
Read Storyby Dan McKiernan, on Jan 25, 2022 5:06:45 PM
Vehicle Assembly has come an awfully long way since the days of Henry Ford. While Ford famously innovated with breakthrough ideas that have shaped manufacturing assembly lines for over a …
Read Storyby Tina Kennedy, on Oct 21, 2020 8:15:41 AM
Lean manufacturing principles have long been implemented and improved upon since the 1930s, following World War II, when Kiichiro Toyoda and Taiichi Ohno, first introduced process flow innovations and the …
Read Storyby Tina Kennedy, on Mar 12, 2020 11:10:09 AM
Lean manufacturing is a management philosophy that provides tools and processes designed to eliminate waste from the manufacturing process, resulting in greater efficiency, efficacy and profitability for the organization. Those …
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