Critical Review

The implications for reducing errors in manufacturing industry

In engineering and manufacturing quality control and quality engineering are meant to ensure the products and services meet customers requirement . However it is not often the case , human factor has defects which give rise to mistakes and errors , which on one hand derogates the quality , and on the other creates unnecessary delay . The author in the article has pointed out that in traditional manufacturing , quality control techniques do not address problems in manufacturing . In to overcome the problem , they have proposed a model borrowed

from Japanese idea of poka yoke , which is a mistake proofing device , meant to eliminate errors in production stage

There are many implications of the reducing error , which can be used in a number of ways

For example one advantage of removing errors can help to improve speed reduce production time and managing waste , yet product is error free yet meeting customer expectations . Other benefits can include reliability safety and maintainability due to reduction in errors . These benefits can be achieved by properly meeting the conformance to the product specifications , such as drawing , standards and other relevant specification mentioned in the manufacturing process . The strict inspection and test carried out neither during the inspections stage can ensure that the quality of the product is not affected nor beyond the standard . And any error found at an early stage can save enormous time and money for the manufacturers . Sometimes there is some flaw found in the basic design of the system , the early detection of the error enables the engineers to redesign the product and fix the errors at in early stage . Even though there are enormous benefits to the reduction of error due to the process being automated , still there are chances that human error might enter the production process , which can cause a company million-dollar loss due to the blind reliance on the system Therefore it is essential no matter how much safety measure is taken checking and rechecking the system for human error is of utmost importance

How this knowledge should be shared in industry

Knowledge developed in one industry can be useful in similar industry There are several ways to share knowledge , for example knowledge developed in one industry can be shared by doing join research projects in the same industry . Normally in such kind of manufacturing projects researchers can develop tools to support engineers to ensure quality of the manufacturing , which can be adapted by engineers and technicians to make production smooth and solving problems related to production enabling them to save time and money . The knowledge sharing in international manufacturing companies also enable companies to increase their knowledge and re-use the shared knowledge from the geographically dispersed locations that have similar problems . There are many things to be considered for sharing knowledge , such as need for sharing the knowledge , all the participating manufacturers need to have a common motivation to share their experience with others manufactures

However knowledge sharing requires more...