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Bottleneck Analysis

Make excel spreadsheet with factors such as: Enabling factor - Indicator - Performance - Criteria - bottleneck - cause of bottleneck - Removal activity/ costing & funding (adds or gaps) - resources - priority - goal date - - responsibility - status

Bottleneck (production) Identifying bottlenecks (wikipedia.org)

Error Proofing Analysis

Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)

Plan-Do-Check-Act/Adjust (PDCA) (wikipedia.org)

Image Source: PDCA Process.png

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) (wikipedia.org)
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a measure of how well a manufacturing operation is utilized (facilities, time and material) compared to its full potential, during the periods when it is scheduled to run. It identifies the percentage of manufacturing time that is truly productive. An OEE of 100% means that only good parts are produced (100% quality), at the maximum speed (100% performance), and without interruption (100% availability).

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Process Maps are NOT a good way to identify & display potential root causes. While it is a good step, it is too broad. Try a 5 Why’s drilldown, a Fishbone diagram, or an affinity diagram.

Root cause analysis (sixsigmastudyguide.com)

Types of Root Cause Analysis Tools:

Brainstorming
Fishbone Diagram
5 Whys
Most effective analytical techniques for root cause determination – Pareto and data analysis.