APQP: New Product Development: Planning (Phase 1) “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable” ―Dwight D Eisenhower Introduction A ship sailing in the sea will reach nowhere without planning. Imagine the fate of an Aeroplan which is flying without proper planning. What will be the end date of a bullet train project if there is no systematic planning? Planning is
New Product Development Process “You have got to start with the customer experience and work back towards the technology- not the other way around”: Steve Jobs Introduction ‘Necessity is the mother of invention.’ For mathematical calculation, zero (0) was invented and used by Aryabhata (499 BC). The curiosity of man to fly like birds resulted in the invention of Aeroplan. In the last 50 years, some of the popular inventions
Maintenance Process: Challenges & Resolution “Obstacles are challenges for the winner and excuses are for the losers”: Marijane Meaker After conquering the Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953, Hillary said ‘it is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.’ The challenges are always more internal than external. As we get more clarity about our internal self, either the problems disappear or their size
TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) “TPM is the making of products through the making of people“: Seiichi Nakajima Brief History of TPM Seiichi Nakajima, regarded as the Father of TPM, describes the philosophy of TPM in a quote: “TPM is the making of products through the making of people”. The term OEE was invented in the 1960s (OEE=Availability x Productivity x Quality). The goal of TPM: “Enhance the volume of the
What is IoT (Internet of Things) and its linkage with Maintenance “The Internet of Things has the potential to change the world, just as the internet did. Maybe even more so”: Kevin Ashton Human-beings interact with each other through their 5 senses (touch, sight, smell, hearing & taste). Internet is a digital fabric which is woven around all of us. So far, the internet was connecting the people around