Problem Solving with Ishikawa
All organisations face problems daily, and a significant portion of our time is spent addressing the...
Preventing Mistakes with Poka-Yoke
To focus on improving activities which add value and removing those which do not involves eliminatin...
The Science of Choosing the Right Cut – Factors affecting Size reduction
In manufacturing size reduction of materials is possibly the most common activity, Whether its crush...
If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.
The importance of quantifying and evaluating various aspects of a process is essential, especially i...
The Essentials of COSHH
Controlling the exposure chemicals in the workplace is not only essential but required by law under ...
Can your design meet the target capacity?
When designing a new factory, production line or manufacturing process, a critical measure of succes...
The problem with problem solving, using the PDCA cycle
There are many structured approaches to problem solving, but the Plan, Do, Check, Act cycle or ...
Making smart decisions with smart Simulation
Everybody can be making better decisions. We at Production support 56 are here to debunk this myth t...
Please, no 5S shop talk on a date night!
There are so many benefits to having a 5S workplace like reduced waste, reduced breakdowns of equipm...