Data Specifications: What You Need to Know
Last week we talked about understanding data and to continue with that thread, I want to talk about the specifics of collecting data. There are a few things to consider when you are deciding how to capture your data and before you make a decision consider these questions: What part of your business is making […]
Understanding Process Capability
We’ve spent a fair amount of time learning the ins and outs of MSA’s, so this week I want to focus on process capability and how to understand the information you receive. What is Process Capability? In a nutshell Process Capability is: • What it takes for your process to meet your customers’ needs right […]
MSA 101
We’ve talked about accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility in your MSA’s but now we need to talk about data integrity. Data Integrity Numbers shouldn’t lie, but when they do it is usually because somewhere along the line the integrity of the data didn’t hold up. Integrity Before you begin your analysis there are two questions you […]
One Last Thing About MSA…..
We all know my affinity for MSA but it wouldn’t be fair if we didn’t talk about the measurements for a bit. Six Sigma is built on measurements and the corner stone of effectiveness is to have measurements that are appropriate. So let’s dig in and figure out what defines appropriate measures. What makes it […]
MSA Love Notes
Okay for the last two weeks, I’ve been talking about Measurement System Analysis and before I move on to a new topic I have one final post on why you should be thinking about MSA. Here it goes… Why you use it You use MSA to compare you customer’s expectations to your inspection standards. This […]
