Reliable Asset Team, Samarco Mining, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The project goal was to design an asset's performance measurement process that would enable easy identification of low-performance assets and reduce time waste. Using the DMADV methodology the team applied SIPOC, QFD matrix, gemba walking, attribute agreement analysis, Pugh's matrix, CAP model, and risk diagram. The improvement provided a 29% potential reduction in the time waste and enabled the low performance asset failure mode's identification easy.
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Align Objectives for Great Results
2016 International Team Excellence Award Finalist, “Complaint Busters” team, was awarded bronze-level... [more]
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ITEA Green Foam Team
At the 2015 ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement, several ASQ International Team Excellence... [more]
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Minera Saucito, Fresnillo plc, Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Me...
The objective of this project was to improve silver recovery without affecting gold recovery or the... [more]
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Northrop Grumman Team Saves Money
A positive work culture helped a team from Northrop Grumman with a process improvement project.
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Alcoa, Six Sigma, and Teams
A team from Alcoa Power and Propulsion explains a project and the results.
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ITEA Sime Darby
Corporate responsibility was also a significant factor in another presentation at this year's World... [more]
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Social Responsibility Case Study
Author Sonny Maher targeted the study at quality professionals, who he believes are the individuals best... [more]
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Shanghai Yanfeng Johnson Controls Team and Corporate Re...
This 2015 ITEA finalist shares details about the project that aligns with the company's corporate... [more]
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Sime Darby Team and Corporate Responsibility
The 2015 ASQ International Team Excellence Award (ITEA) finalist from Sime Darby discusses the cost... [more]
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Corporate Sustainability
Many organizations have earned a reputation for over-consumption, unnecessary waste, and actions that... [more]
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Applying Agile Principles in a Non-IT Industry
Fabrice Bouchereau, Senior Systems Improvement Facilitator, ProcessZen Consulting, discusses how Agile,... [more]
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LSS Leadership and Grassroots Initiative Lead to Excell...
Gateway Technical College wanted to break silo thinking and promote a culture of excellence.... [more]
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ITEA Structure Leads to Results
Prashant Hoskote, Senior Director- Quality and Service Excellence, Max India Limited, discusses the role... [more]
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Process Mapping Basics
The terms process mapping and flowchart are often used interchangeably and it isn't necessarily wrong to... [more]
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A Look at the Process Architecture Map
Sometimes process mapping isn't enough to give you the information you need to improve. To ramp up your... [more]
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Process Mapping and Architecture
In this episode, learn process map and flowchart basics and how to use a process architecture map to... [more]
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Quality Tools for Children (Part One)
Quality professionals use quality tools at work, but they can also use them successfully at home. ASQ... [more]
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Becoming—and Remaining—An Engaged Company
Alyce Nelson, Executive Coach & Quality Principal, FAS. Inc., discusses how to keep staff engaged... [more]
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Process Architecture Map (Full Interview with Sandy Fur...
Learn how to use a process architecture map to improve the process and identify lean wastes.
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Quality and Technology
On this episode, we talk about how quality and technology can be woven together. Author Sunil Kaushik... [more]
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Episode 18: Six Sigma
Six Sigma is a well-known quality method. But like most quality techniques, its use changes and evolves... [more]
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The How and Why of Auditing
Auditing expert and ASQ fellow Dennis Arter shares tips and advice for auditors and auditees.
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ASQ TV Episode 1: The Customer Experience
Quality and the customer experience go hand-in-hand. Hear from electronics giant Siemens Industry on how... [more]
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ASQ TV Episode 2: Culture of Quality
This episode of ASQ TV explores the culture of quality. Brien Palmer, author of Making Change Work,... [more]
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Standards and Auditing
Learn why ISO 9001:2008, one of the world's best known standards, is being revised. Then hear about the... [more]
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ASQ TV Episode 3: Recalls and Quality
Recalls can be one of the most challenging aspects of the quality professional's job. In this episode,... [more]
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Culture of Quality
Culture is the driving force of quality. Creating and sustaining a quality culture are much-discussed... [more]
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Risk Management and Quality
Organizations perceive risk management in three general ways. Carol Fox, Director, Strategic and... [more]
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ASQ TV Episode 8: Lean
In this episode, learn why less is more! We cover all things lean: What it is and what makes lean... [more]
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Episode 17: Voice of the Customer
Voice of the customer, or V-O-C, is the ongoing collection of customer needs and expectations-both... [more]
