Simplify Internal Elements

Step 5: Simplify Remaining Internal Elements

- Apply Team Set-Up Concept

- Standardize Sizes (Dies, Tools, Fixtures, etc.)

- Provide Locating Aids

- Utilize “Quick Disconnects” where Feasible

- Eliminate Base Machine Adjustments

- Eliminate Nuts and Bolts as Fasteners

- Create Set-Up Tooling Kit; Designate Location

- Do Operations in Parallel wherever Possible

- Apply “Motion Economy”

- Mechanize Wherever Possible

- Utilize Specific Purpose Tool Cart

- Develop/Utilize Pre-Defined Process Adjustment Parameters

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The Juran Trilogy	The Deming PDCA Cycle	QMS Implementation	FMEA Information	APQP Information
Auditing Information	8-D Problem Solving	Statistics	Error Proofing (Poka Yoke)	Brainstorming
Identifying Waste	Pull Systems	Lead Time Reduction	Planned Maintenance	Quick Setup
Discovering Change	Process Capability - Cp vs. Cpk	Histogram Animation	Process Loop Animation	Taguchi Loss Function
		Fishbone / Cause and Effects Animation

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