Definition & Origin of Kanban  - Kanban (signboard) is a Japanese manufacturing system in which the supply of components is regulated through the use of an instruction card sent along the production line invented by Taiichi Ohno in 1940, an industrial engineer at T…

What is Industry 4.0? - Industry 4.0 refers to the fourth industrial revolution, it is concerned with areas that are not usually classified as industry applications in their own right, such as smart cities.  - It is also knows as I4 or I4.0 - Industry 4.0 converges…

- Histogram is a visual interpretation of numerical data showing the number of data points falling within a specified range of values.  - It is a frequency distribution tool for process improvement.  - We can used only one parameter in variable data to construct thi…

- Audit is on-site verification activity like inspection / examination of process to ensure compliance to requirements.  - Audit can apply to entire organization or specific process or production step.   - Some special purpose of audits are documents audit, risks / …

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What is Severity, Occurrence and Detection in FMEA?  - Severity, occurrence and Detection is a part of Failure Mode and Effect Analysis. Severity rating in FMEA  - Severity ratings based on criticality of the risk.   - It evaluate the impact of the failure mode.  - Sev…

What is Poka Yoke?  - Poka Yoke is a Japanese term in that "Poka" means mistake and "Yoke" means to avoid.  - It is a system or mechanism that helps to avoid mistakes.  - When any defective product occur, we can detect it, eliminate it or correct it…

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Introduction  - Measurement System Analysis  study and Control chart selection decided based on collected data i.e attribute data (Discrete) or Variable data (Continuous).  - This plays major role in problem solving process. Attribute Data  - It is a qua…

Introduction of Scatter Diagram  - Scatter diagram is one of the tool in 7 QC tools and used to find the correlation between 2 variables.  - It is also used to find the cause and effect relationship between two variables.  - Scatter diagram is a graph in which …

Introduction of Pareto Chart  - The Pareto Chart is one of the tool in 7 basic tools of quality management.  - Pareto chart is a chart that contains bar and line graph which is also known as Pareto diagram or Pareto analysis.  - Bar graph shows number of defect…

Important Mechanical Interview Questions and Answers Hello Friends, I've collected some interview questions based on my experience in mechanical field. I have some Technical, Tricky and Logical questions. Whether you are fresher or experienced, this question…

What is error?  - Error is defined as difference between the true value and the measured value.  - True value is the average of the infinite numbers of measurements where measured value is the precise value.  - Measurement of any quantity is done by comparing i…

What is Cost of Quality (COQ)?  - COQ is the cost of achieving quality products including resources cost, maintenance cost etc.  - COQ = It is the sum of Cost of Good Quality and Cost of Poor Quality  - COQ is a methodology used to define and measure what amount…