Recent content by JosephERG

Hi everyone, Good day!!!! Just want to ask if you could provide me some procedures on how to determine sampling plans. As of now, we perform sampling inspection in our production line but we have no basis whether or not the chosen sampling plan is statistically valid. We just choose...

Thanks tomwalz...... How I wish I had the same opportunity as you had. By the way, I'd like to know (if you don't mind) if your'e also into "process capability" (CpK, Cpu) or SPC in your shop floor. We haven't really applied any statistical controls on our processes (especially machining)...

Thanks guys for the advise. By the way tomwalz, is it OK if you share those machining websites you mentioned? I'd like to check it out.

Thanks guys for the valuable insights..... I agree with what tygerdawg said about the mismatch between our "numbers" and our actual performance. We failed to recognize that what was "good numbers" for us may not necessarily mean "good" for our customers. Actually, I am focusing more on...

Hi Everyone, Good Day!!! I would like to ask advise from you guys (especially from the "jobshop people") regarding the best method for measuring quality performance of a jobshop production. As of now, we are using the yield, %rejects, abnormal lots, and returned lots as our metrics for...

Thank you very much Mike for the valuable insights.....

Hello Mike, Good Day!!! Everything that you said applies in our organization as well. I also believe that quality is more than just continuous improvement, it is "innate exellence". However, management doesn't wanna listen to that. They always demand figures. Do you use any quality metrics...

Hello Mike, Good Day!!!! That is actually my dilemma right now. Due to the small size of our lots, it is almost inevitable that our target yield should be 100% for each process even though the average yield (within 6 months) is lesser. I believe that there is a better way of monitoring the...

Hi All, Good day!!!!! I would like to inquire, especially for those in a job-shop business, if you can share some tips on how to monitor process yields. In our company, process yields are determined by getting the average yield for each process (of a particular product type), within a 6-month...

Hello Triple Z, Thank you very much for your valuable insights. We do manufacture 50-70 parts(more or less) annually, but this is only for one product type. We manufacture several product types (each of them is distinct from one another), but in small quantities. If we talk about the total...

Hello tripleZ, Thank you very much for the valuable information. I would just like to clarify something. Is this "preset number" based from historical data or from actual process study? In our case, the order qty of the products we manufacture ranges only from 3 to 10 pieces. It is very rare...

Hi All, I would like to inquire if any of you guys, especially those in the fabrication business, can provide information on how to determine the "target yield". In our company, QC engineers are required to set the target yield for each process involved in the manufacture of our products...

Thank you guys for the valuable insights. Its good to know that we are not the only one experiencing this difficulty. Our company is engaged in the manufacture of precision tools used for semi-conductor processes (i.e. die bonding, wire bonding, etc.). Our customers are mostly from Japan and...

Good Day!!! I would like to seek advise about the best production planning and control system for a fabrication type of production. Currently, our company is using the "process yield" as basis for production planning. I think that this approach is more applicable for mass production type of...

Thank you very much guys!!!!! I'll check on these links!!!!! JosephERG