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Kaizen: Small, Measurable Steps Instead of One Big Leap
What is Kaizen (continuous improvement)? We explain the compound effect of small improvements and the PDCA cycle from an engineering perspective, with a numerical example..
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Page 4 of our technical article archive. Engineering articles on design, analysis, manufacturing and product development.
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Poka-Yoke: Not Controlling Error, but Making It Impossible
Instead of controlling assembly errors with Poka-Yoke (error-preventing design), making them impossible with geometry. Field applications of the lean manufacturing based method.
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Geometric Tolerancing (GD&T): Tolerancing Function, Not Dimension
GD&T and tolerance stacking: why is it wrong to give tight tolerances to every dimension? How to reduce cost without locking the assembly with functional tolerancing?
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Design for Assembly (DFA): Solving Assembly at the Design Table, Not on the Line
How we reduce assembly time and margin of error with geometry through assembly-oriented design (DFA); We explain through self-locating interfaces and part consolidation.
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Design for Manufacturing (DFM): Reducing Cost in Design, Not at the Machine
We explain with a real part example how 30-minute machining work descends into single-operation laser cutting with manufacturing-oriented design (DFM).