ISO 9000 is a group of international standards that has been developed and focuses on quality in the areas of management (quality management) and assurance (quality assurance).  The standards were developed to help companies effectively document a quality system and its elements.  The system also assists in the implementation and maintenance of an effective quality system. 

  Internal setup refers to the activities associated with elements of a setup procedure that can only be performed while a process or machine is not running.

Syn: Work In Progress (WIP)

What is 100% Inspection?
​  100% inspection is just that, the act of checking or inspecting every single physical product or piece of information.

  The fishbone diagram is a structured analysis tool used to organize potential causes associated with a specific effect.  

Other names:

1. Cause and Effect Diagram
2. Ishikawa Diagram

Related Blogs:

• Listen to the Gemba - The fishbone diagram (7 basic quality tools).

Creator:

• Kaoru Ishikawa​

​  See Overprocessing Waste.

​  An inventory policy outlines the organization's vision, objectives and goals with regards to inventory.  It will also define how the company intends to manage its inventory at all levels of the organization.

  The Ideal State is a reference to the absolute perfect condition.  One way to envision the ideal state of a map, process, product or service is to imagine that money, time and resources were not limited at all.  What would you create then?  Ideal state value streams are created many times to show the gap between the current state and the ideal state.  This can help teams to reaffirm they are in alignment and ensure that the progress made is on track.  

  Inventory waste is any unnecessary storage of materials, products or information.


Examples:

1. Excessive raw materials.
2. Unsold finished goods.
3. Excessive amounts of MRO items.
4. Information and data that is being stored but not used.
5. Excess supplies, including office supplies.
6. Emails sitting in inbox.

Causes of excess inventory:

1. Working to a push system or a forecast.
2. Unbalanced workloads.
3. Buying to many of items.
4. Batching
5. Inefficient or poor planning and scheduling.

Solutions:

1. Build only to demand where possible.
2. Stabilize processes and use six sigma techniques to minimize variability.
3. Remove waste from processes so that inventory (raw,wip,fg,mro) can be reduced.

Question:

  What types of Inventory do you notice at home, work or other places?  How do you think that inventory affects the organization?

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  Inventory carrying cost, carrying cost, or cost of holding inventory is most often described as a percentage of the inventory value.  The percentage is often unique to organizations and includes the amount of capital invested in inventory as well as depreciation, space occupied, insurance and opportunity.

Reference: Carrying cost of inventory:  Investopedia