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Process Optimization in Manufacturing

ATS

Review and maintain the improvements (control) Improvements need to stick, which may mean changing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and auditing to ensure the new methods or sequences are being followed. This is the last element of the DMAIC framework.

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Change Management in Manufacturing

ATS

It begins with a change request, which could be raised by manufacturing, engineering, quality or maintenance, and ends when the new or updated standard operating procedure (SOP), is adopted. This is a formal, structured approach to requesting, reviewing and implementing changes.