Category "Improvement"

Building Block #9 You need to be ready to trade off other values in favour of Quality There’s an anecdotal ‘constraint model’ in the world of Engineering: Quality – Price – Timing: pick any two. By staying focused on ‘errors ...

Building Block #8 You may need to break things down into smaller units We’ve seen the Process Approach – taking inputs, performing a number of activities and creating results that get passed on to the next stage. It’s much easier ...

Building Block #7 You need to use concepts We need to walk out of the trees and look at the forest. Details are important, but can stifle our ‘lateral’ or ‘out of the box’ thinking. We need to see the ...

Building Block #6 You need to be prepared to start over again Sometimes we just have to know when to quit, or admit that a ‘modification’ to an existing process is just not going to give us the best result. ...

Building Block #5 You need to challenge and discard existing elements of your Management System Some systems can be helped by getting rid of ‘non-value added’ processes. Just because ‘that’s the way we’ve always done it’ rings through our hallways ...

Building Block #3 You need to understand your processes and their interactions very well We need to be clear about what we’re trying to do, and clear about values. The values must be communicated and understood – Values must become ...

I’ve been a big fan of Edward de Bono for about 30 years. Over that period of time he has given us hundreds of ideas about Creative Thinking. In fact, if you’ve ever heard the term ‘lateral thinking’, according to ...

This is the final clause in the 'All you need to know' series. The series starts here with clause 4: https://simplifyiso.com/all-you-need-to-know-clause-4-0/ Most of what you have in place for Improvement will work just fine here. The jaw dropper is the removal ...

The Toyota Production System (TPS) The TPS is renowned for its focus on reduction of the seven wastes to improve overall customer value. If you haven't read the originator, Taiichi Ohno's version, find a copy. (http://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Production-System-Beyond-Large-Scale/dp/0915299143). The 106 pages in ...

ISO 9001:2015 Clause 10 – Improvement This Clause is the 'money maker' for any organization - improvement = profits! Since the 2015 version of ISO 9001 has removed specific requirements for a procedure for 'Preventive Action', Clause 10 places increased importance ...