Increasing productivity

At Evocon, our experience of working with manufacturers worldwide continues to demonstrate the importance of two key ideas. First, real-time visibility into the performance of your production process is a…

Our article, Benefits of Root Cause Analysis in Manufacturing, introduced readers to the benefits of root cause analysis (RCA) and discussed its use in manufacturing. However, we stopped short of…

Fishbone diagrams are causal mapping diagrams that can be used to map the causes of a specific event to different categories. They were pioneered by Kaoru Ishikawa in Kawasaki shipyards…

For many manufacturing problems, but particularly for simple ones, 5 Whys Analysis is an easy-to-use and effective method for uncovering root causes. Moreover, you can apply the concept immediately and…

One of the most critical steps to increase the efficiency of your production process and OEE is to engage production operators with their work. But how do you drive engagement,…

Real-time production monitoring is a transformational change. It represents a breakthrough moment for many manufacturers in terms of new levels of efficiency, profitability, and transparency. Any organizational change of this…

The decision to invest in an OEE tracking software will have a long-lasting impact on your company’s Lean journey. And how you implement and communicate OEE to your shop floor…