1. Challenge:

I am a member of my organization’s quality team and my/our challenge is to  improve the productivity of manpower (analysts) working in the quality control  department in order to achieve on time delivery of the product to the customers.

2. Selection:

After performing brain storming (generating new possibilities and new alternative  business models) with group of colleagues to generate lots of different ideas. So the  tool used is “brain storming”.

3. Application:

During brain storming with all the analysts involved in the analysis of product for the  reason of low productivity, it was observed that the instruments / equipment’s used  for analysis in the laboratory in which they are working are not arranged in an  organized manner which are causing hindrance to productivity.

4. Insight and approach:

The reagents used for analysis are available in a different room which is away from  the sample preparation room. The analytical balance used for weighing of sample  for analysis is in another room.  So each time the analyst need to get the reagents from another room to sample  preparation room for sample preparation which is consuming lot of time. After  collecting the sample for analysis, analyst need to go to balance room for sample  weighing and bring it to sample preparation room which is consuming lot of time.  So after brain storming and visualization, it was decided to arrange the analytical  balance used for weighing of sample in sample preparation room and all the  reagents used for analysis are arranged in the racks provided in the sample  preparation so that the analyst can use in a convenient manner.  So systematic arrangement of all the requirements used for analysis and saved lot of  time for analysis and the productivity had increased as the time taken for sample  preparation had drastically reduced.

