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Sorting and setting in order

Setting in order refers to the practice of arranging the required items so that anyone can locate and access them easily. It defines where and how the items to perform the work should be arranged. Once you have eliminated all the unneeded items, get back to the left items and organize them in a way that makes it easy to find what is needed. It should be obvious at a glance when an item is not in its designated place. This will result in an improved workflow and reduced wasted time and motion. Read more »

5S

5S

5S is an improvement tool for organizing and maintaining a disciplined and productive workplace. It helps creating a better working environment, reduces waste while improving efficiency, safety and quality. 5S represents five simple practices that starts with the letter “S”. It is commonly applied in manufacturing facilities in production lines, storage areas, maintenance areas, and office areas. It is now being increasingly applied to a wide variety of industries including health care, education, hospitality and retail. Read more »

Daily Self-Evaluation Template

Daily Self Evaluation
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Whether you are a parent, a student, an employee, a community member, or any combination of these roles, evaluating yourself by the end of the day can tell a lot about the kind of person you are. Self-evaluation is an important first step in being aware of yourself, and self-awareness is the first step to personality development and leading a life of meaning and integrity. The main goal is to make you see what you are doing well and what you need to focus on in order to achieve your personal goals. This allows to identify some key areas in your life that you would like to improve such as health, relationships, career, finance and spirituality. Read more »

Data Collection Plan Template

Data Collection Plan Template
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A Data Collection Plan is a document that provides a focused plan for collecting data for a given project. It helps specifying the objective of data collection, what data do we need, how are we going to collect it, and who is going to collect it. The goal is to answer questions such as whether a process is stable, whether a process is capable, or whether a particular input will work better for a process than a currently used input. Read more »

Best Practices

Best Practices

A Best Practice is that practice that has been proven to achieve the best results. It represents creative solutions to common problems and has the potential to be replicated internally and externally. Companies are able to learn from other successful organizations by adopting their best practices without the need to reinvent the wheel. Companies can also develop and share their own best practices and innovative solutions. Read more »

Audit Checklist

Audit Checklist
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An audit checklist is a set of questions that must be answered to verify requirements and standards are being met. It compensates for the limitation of human memory and helps the observer to ensure that nothing is missed or left behind. It enables the observer to better address compliance gaps and provides an opportunity for continuous improvement. Common examples of checklists are: to-do lists, preventive maintenance schedules, safety checklists and 5S checklists. Read more »

Standard Work

Standard Work

Standard work means working on standards to produce correct and consistent results. It represents the best sequence and the most efficient methods to perform a process. It is considered a way to achieve the highest possible degree of consistency in any process. The purpose is to ensure that everything is done by everyone in a similar manner and carry out the work that achieves the highest quality, best service and lowest cost possible. Read more »

Questionnaire Analysis Report

Questionnaire Analysis Report Template
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After collecting the answered questionnaires from your respondents, you have to analyze the data and report the results. This template is used to analyze the collected qualitative data from a large number of individuals and summarize the results in a report which can be easily printed. Further statistical analysis, conclusions and recommendations can be added to the report as well. Read more »

Pareto Chart Template

Pareto Chart Template
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The purpose of the Pareto Chart is to address the most important among a set of factors, the highest occurring type of defect, the most frequent reasons for customer complaints, and so on. It combines an ordered bar chart and a line graph. The left vertical axis represents the frequency of occurrence, while the right vertical axis represents the cumulative percentage of the total number of occurrence. The items on the left side of the chart are called the “vital few” while the rest are considered the “trivial many”. Read more »

Cause and Effect Matrix Template

Cause and Effect Matrix Templates
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The Cause and Effect Matrix is used to understand the relationship between causes and effects. Whenever an output variable drifts out of specification, that is an effect. When an effect goes out of specification, you need to rank the potential causes in terms of importance, and the causes with the highest overall score should be addressed first in improvement efforts. Read more »

Matrix Diagram Template

Flow Process Chart Template
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A Matrix Diagram is a table that allows sets of data to be compared to understand the relationship between them. It displays the existence and strength of the relationship between pairs of items of the data sets. The relationship is indicated by a number or symbol in each cell where each two items intersect in the matrix. Matrix diagrams can be useful in a wide range of applications including matching requirements with specifications and assigning responsibilities based on competencies. To learn more about matrix diagrams, please click here. Read more »

Normality Testing in Minitab

Normality Testing

The Normal Distribution is the commonest and the most useful continuous probability distribution. Many statistical tests require that the distribution is normal or nearly normal. Several tools are available to assess the normality of data including: using a histogram to visually explore the data, producing a normal probability plot, and carrying out an Anderson-Darling normality test. All these tools are easy to use in Minitab statistical software. Read more »