Maintenance Process     “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.”: Abraham Lincoln When a person goes to the gym, the intent is not to repair the muscles but to make them stronger. When we do meditation, we are not intending to eliminate any illness but to strengthen our mind to face any challenge. When we send our automobile
Challenges & Resolution: Production Planning & Control/Scheduling (PPC) “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” ―Benjamin Franklin We are not living in an ideal world. There are bound to be failures. Some may be inherent and others may be due to a special cause like COVID-19. But we cannot just sit idle and accept any variation in the process. The concerned process owners have to take desired actions.
Production Planning & Control/Scheduling (PPC)   “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” ―Benjamin Franklin Effective & efficient planning is key to the success for any individual, organization or country. For marriage, there is elaborate planning and control and there is never any postponement in marriage due to poor planning! A student never fails to give the examination on time irrespective of his preparation. An Aeroplan always has
Customer Complaint Management “There is only one boss. The customer and he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” ―Sam Walton Feedback is the breakfast of the champions. We do things to the best of our capability & intention and leave the result to God. When a child shares his homework with a teacher, the intent is to receive
Zero Defect Sampling Plan   A statistician can have his head in an oven and his feet in ice, and he will say that on the average he feels fine! Anonymous We always want the best in life and seek only the good things to happen to us. We never want any up-down in our lives but only a straight line. However, doctors say that when ECG is a straight