Production Efficiency Program (PEP) for a French pharmaceutical plant to increase filling-rate of thrombosis-therapeutics +32%, closing a growing gap between plant output and patient demand. Situation: The French site of a European pharmaceutical company found itself in a predicament: … [Read more...] about Pharma: Improving Production Efficiency to Help More Patients
Many tools exist to address deviations and defects, but only a few are simple yet effective to address daily issues in manufacturing, development, administration. When starting systematic trouble-shooting, it is important to choose the right approach. Using a comprehensive method that requires … [Read more...] about Practical Problem Solving Tools for Factory and Office
Why do problems repeat? Because we haven't eliminated their causes! And to understand those causes, we need more than the 5-why analysis; we need logic-trees! The following introduction gives you a "jump start" into the world of expert problem solving. Causal … [Read more...] about Root Cause Analysis: Using Logic Trees to Solve Critical and Complex Problems
Starting is Easy... Initiating an improvement program seems straightforward, just define the problem, create a plan, assign people, set dates, and watch the metrics move. Easy or not really? You might have seen (or done) this before: A program is kicked-off and communicated top-down with high … [Read more...] about Lean Transformation: 3 Steps to Get Everyone Involved
Building problem-solving skills to systematically identify cause-effect relationships and effectively eliminate underlying root causes. By doing so, costly product and process failures are being prevented. Managers and subject matter experts (SME) of the leading Automotive Safety Supplier … [Read more...] about Automotive Problem Solving Program: Training Trainers
Removing causes to prevent repeat problems is a foundational skill for key people, such as managers, supervisors and specialists to systematically improve right-first-time (RFT) rate. The team in Singapore has quickly applied what they have learned during the PDCA course. As a result, non-quality … [Read more...] about PDCA Problem Solving Certification for Givaudan Singapore