Today, organizations face various risks like cyber-attacks, data breaches, system failures, service disruptions, and natural disasters. Identifying and managing these risks at acceptable levels is crucial. Failing to acknowledge these risks can leave organizations unprepared to handle their potential impact.
Too much measurement uncertainty leads to incorrect conformity decisions, incorrect assessment of machines and production processes, poorer process quality and thus, increased production and testing effort.
This column continues the discussion on delivering the best effort to break through roadblocks as we journey through life. If you haven’t had the chance to read my previous column, I would encourage you to do so.
Careful implementation of optimal tools and techniques is a focus of Optikos Corp. (Wakefield, MA), an optical engineering and manufacturing company working to eliminate waste in product movement, downtime, and product defects.
DISCUS Software Company specializes in software tools for accelerating manufacturing and quality engineering in the aerospace, automotive, medical and heavy machinery fields.
Monte Carlo simulations specialize in computing reliable probabilities from simulated data.
February 14, 2022
In situations where resources are limited to gathering real data would be too expensive or impractical, Monte Carlo simulations can help forecast results and probabilities.
The digital transformation of manufacturing is broadening the toolkit and opportunities for Six Sigma’s DMAIC process.
February 10, 2022
Greg Kinsey, Industry Executive at Hitachi, reveals how creative uses of the DMAIC process with digital transformation are helping factories to unlock the next level of process improvement.