John Abrahamian

Refining the art of asking why - 5 Why's

Refining the Art of Asking Why – How to get the right answers from 5 Why’s

In the current manufacturing and engineering environment, companies have complex problems triggering issues like scrap, non-scheduled overtime, poor product performance, and warranty claims, resulting in heavy losses and impacting bottom lines. Companies may try to solve these complex problems with traditional Root Cause Analysis methodologies, but often the expected results fall short. The most critical […]

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Six Key Elements of Effective Problem-Solving Methods 

There have been many articles written about the important steps in a problem-solving method: Clearly define the problem, Evaluate the measurement system, etc. Because of this, nearly every problem-solving framework you come across will contain these same steps. And when there are such similarities, it can often be difficult to distinguish what makes one method

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