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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New Roles for Quality Professionals
Peter-Elias Alouche, CEO of dqdt Inc., discusses how quality professionals can improve productivity,... [more]
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Dashboards as Management Tools
Dashboards are being used as management tools that harness data from an organization to predict trends... [more]
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Skills You Need for the Technical Era
Technology continues to evolve, so should your skill set. Quality 4.0 is More Than Technology... [more]
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Cost of Quality and Predictive Analytics—Together
In this episode, we examine the power of predictive analytics and how it can help us get a handle on... [more]
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ARCHIVE: Fitting Crisis Response into your Quality Prog...
In this live presentation, you’ll learn which disruptions can affect an organization, and how to develop... [more]
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ABC's of Implementing Risk-Based Thinking
Whether your new product is a hybrid vehicle, ketchup bottle or a molecular assay to detect a disease,... [more]
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Supply Chain Quality in the Real World: Business...
In an era when supply chains are growing longer and more complex, forward-thinking manufacturers are... [more]
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LSS+ISO 9001:2015 = Maybe at Risk, but Not in Peril
Organizational risk often hides in the "hidden factory" where waste is produced. Lean processes are... [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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Culture of Quality
Culture is the driving force of quality. Creating and sustaining a quality culture are much-discussed... [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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Cost of Quality: What is it?
Cost of quality sounds easy to understand but, unfortunately, many misunderstand it. Cost of quality is... [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 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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Quality in Pop Culture
Celebrate World Quality Month by watching examples of quality appearing in pop culture. Quality touches... [more]
