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These include analyzing processes and providing recommendations for cutting tool selection and cycletime reduction; conducting maintenance and operation training; diagnosing and repairing machines; troubleshooting software issues; and recommending part repair and replacement schedules.
Source: Adobe Stock Experienced design engineers can certainly estimate cycletimes, throughput, quality, and uptime. Optimizing the movement paths can significantly reduce cycletimes and energy consumption. SixSigma: These methodologies can help reduce process variation and eliminate defects.
For over 20 years, MSI has been firmly committed to lean manufacturing, applying SixSigma and 5S principles to identify choke points, reduce waste, improve safety and quality, and increase productivity and customer satisfaction. Photo credit: MSI Mold Builders/Creative Technology Corp.
This combination of the Toyota production system, Lean Manufacturing and Six-Sigma is driving continual process improvements. In addition, more than 10 percent of the workforce has been certified as Six-Sigma Black and Green Belts. Other best practices are monthly, quarterly, and yearly performance reviews.
. • Digital Twins: Digital twins are virtual replicas of physical systems used for simulation and analysis, enabling real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, collision avoidance validation, program optimization, cycletime estimation, and manufacturing process optimization.
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