Nine vendors and one end user recently conducted pilot tests to develop, evaluate, and validate a new serialization standard, PSS 1.0, officially released in November 2017. This group, known as the Open Serialization Communication Standard Group (Open-SCS), advocates that PSS 1.0 minimizes customization of plant-to-enterprise interfaces (Levels 3 and 4),…
What is the “Voice of The Customer”? Is it only external customers? The end users? What about internal customers? Do they have a “voice” as well? Who are the “Customers” anyway?
Waste shows up in many forms and in all projects. This happens regardless of industry, product, or service being provided. Nothing is perfect, no matter how hard we try. That doesn’t mean that the effort to reduce waste is for nothing. Anytime waste can be removed from a product or…
The principles and methodology of Six Sigma are applicable to multiple industries and processes. In all cases, the primary reason these principles are implemented is to eliminate errors, to the greatest extent possible, before they happen. The only way to accomplish this is by starting with an honest assessment of…
“The ultimate goal of providing a robust, safe method to transfer solutions in the Manufacturing Facility was achieved and CAI played a major role with this safety initiative.”
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