TQM Implementation Project Part 2a - The Analyze Phase, How To Do It

This TQM article is a continuation of the articleproduction line, the team decided to understand
titled: TQM Implementation Project published onthe extent of the loss for a period of last 12
13-May-2006. This issue is part 2a of the detailmonths. The team managed to collate these data
article on the subject. It will deal with the "Howfrom the production log sheet though manual,
To" part of the ANALYZE phase of the D.A.I.C.data are informative.In the event data are not
methodology described in the article. More detailavailable, a data collection sheet needed to be
sequential steps will be explained as well as thedesigned to capture relevant data. The format of
use of the appropriate tools in this ANALYZEthe data collection sheet will depends on the team
Phase. The scope of this article will limit to Datamember but it should be as simple as possible.
Collection, Trench Charting and ParetoTeam leader need to assign a member to do the
Analysis.The ANALYZE Phasedata collection, agree on what, where, when, who,
This is a critical phase where the current state ofhow on data collection.Trend Charting
the subject matter as well as root causes of theWith the data collected, team need to create a
problem will be analyzed in detail. This analysis istrend chart which is informative for the team to
done systematically and logically as follows:-Foranalysis. Simple trend chart such as a line graph,
the ease of illustration of this article, I would usebar graph will be useful. From the trend of the
one typical project as a case study. This is amaterial loss, team can identify whether. From the
Reduction of Material Loss project.To recap fromoverall loss data, team need to stratify the data
my article "TQM Implementation Project: Part 1to understand the "make up" of this overall
DEFINE Phase, example of a "Problem Statement"loss.Pareto Analysis
is described as follows:-From these loss components, team need to
- Current State : Material Loss level is 5 percentstratify them such a way that a Pareto Chart can
against a target of 2 percentbe developed. As a Pareto Chart is a 80/20
- Impact to Organization : The extra material lossanalytical tool, team will select the top 20 percent
has cost the organization $200,000 per year inof the components that contributes to the overall
negative variation in profit margin80 percent of the loss.My next article will continue
- Desire State : Material loss is reduced to 2Part 2b of this ANALYZE Phase, i.e. to deal with
percent by December 2005Given the ProblemFish Bone Diagram and Why-Why
Statement, the team has to understand the--------
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