{"id":2242,"date":"2019-07-29T19:59:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T19:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/?p=2242"},"modified":"2019-07-29T20:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T20:00:04","slug":"7-step-problem-solving-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/?p=2242","title":{"rendered":"7 Step Problem Solving System"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Define\n<ul>\n<li>What is the problem?<\/li>\n<li>Break it down into multiple possibilities (similar to a fishbone diagram)\n<ul>\n<li>Manufacturing\/Production\n<ul>\n<li>Management<\/li>\n<li>Man<\/li>\n<li>Method<\/li>\n<li>Machine<\/li>\n<li>Measurement<\/li>\n<li>Material<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Alt\n<ul>\n<li>Skills<\/li>\n<li>Supplier<\/li>\n<li>Surroundings<\/li>\n<li>Systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Data Collection\n<ul>\n<li>What is going on?\u00a0 What changed?\n<ul>\n<li>Graph changes over time.<\/li>\n<li>Collect any relevant data that can be measured\/analized<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cause Analysis\n<ul>\n<li>Why did the change occur?\n<ul>\n<li>Examine your data &#8211; Pareto chart?<\/li>\n<li>Highest values = most likely cause<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Solution Planning and Implementation\n<ul>\n<li>This can be time consuming.<\/li>\n<li>Is there a control test that can be separated from standard production?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Evaluation of Effects\n<ul>\n<li>Did the implementation improve the system?\u00a0 Has data gotten better or worse?<\/li>\n<li>Plot against original metrics to see what effect the changes have had on the system.\n<ul>\n<li>If things are worse \/ no change, go back to Data Collection\/ Cause Analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Standardization\n<ul>\n<li>Apply the changes to the entire system if using a control group.<\/li>\n<li>Can these changes be applied to other systems \/ processes?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Evaluation of the Process\n<ul>\n<li>Continue monitoring \/ collecting data<\/li>\n<li>You might find the system needs a tweak or two to ensure optimal performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Define What is the problem? Break it down into multiple possibilities (similar to a fishbone diagram) Manufacturing\/Production Management Man Method Machine Measurement Material Alt Skills Supplier Surroundings Systems Data Collection What is going on?\u00a0 What changed? Graph changes over time. Collect any relevant data that can be measured\/analized Cause Analysis Why did the change occur? ..<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear-fix\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/?p=2242\" title=\"read more...\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-problem-solving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2243,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242\/revisions\/2243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}