Example Reflection – Visualization    Challenge & Selection  As mechanical design engineers, we create drawings for the parts that we have designed. These  drawings then go through a release process where the tech reviewers check the drawing for quality in  terms of drawing correctness and if Corp standards have been followed. Most of the drawings are sent  back due to not following of the drawing standards properly, thereby affecting First time right (FTR) and  cycle time increase. I have used this Visualization tool for improving the quality of our drawings. As the  tool describes, this is a process of writing down different error areas with charts, presentation, etc and  discussing the presentation with other stakeholders. Through this process, we identified the different  areas for improvement on our drawings. We created a step by step process to achieve this goal.    Application  We started writing a procedure/check-list by discussing with our team about different areas (notes,  BOM, dimensions, etc.) of a drawing we need to review to avoid errors on our drawings. We first looked  at the major contributor of the errors and created the procedure/check-list on ways to minimize/reduce  them. We then looked at the next higher contributor of errors and so on and similarly created  procedures/check-list to reduce the errors. We also looked at an alternative approach in improving the  quality of drawing by automating certain drawing creation steps. Different sets of procedures/checklist  were created for different types of drawings - sheet metal, machined part, gas line tubing, assemblies,  etc. We also worked with different groups in the organization to identify their BKM’s and incorporate  those in the check-list.  We also looked to see if some of the steps in drawing creation is redundant (which increases the  chances of errors) and discussed ways to automate those details.    Insight & Approach  Once we had the procedure/check-list ready, we called a meeting with complete team and explained  them about the approach to be followed to improve the drawing quality. The team first looked at the  different areas for errors and the highest contributors and insight of the areas for improvement.  Finally, in a bigger forum, we discussed about the effect of incorporating this procedure/check-list and  have moved forward with this approach.  By implementing this procedure/check-list, we are making sure that we are reviewing all aspects of a  drawing and improving FTR thereby saving time where resources would have otherwise had to spend  time correcting a drawing on issues logged by tech reviewer. That time could well be used on other  productive work!  Our next step is to automate this process by incorporating this checklist into the drawing quality tool.


Example Reflection – Visualization Challenge & Selection As mechanical design engineers , we create drawings for the parts that we have designed . These drawings then go through a release process where the tech reviewers check the drawing for quality in terms of drawing correctness and if Corp standards have been followed . Most of the drawings are sent back due to not following of the drawing standards properly , thereby affecting First time right ( FTR ) and cycle time increase . I have used this Visualization tool for improving the quality of our drawings . As the tool describes , this is a process of writing down different error areas with charts , presentation , etc and discussing the presentation with other stakeholders . Through this process , we identified the different areas for improvement on our drawings . We created a step by step process to achieve this goal . Application We started writing a procedure / check - list by discussing with our team about different areas ( notes , BOM , dimensions , etc . ) of a drawing we need to review to avoid errors on our drawings . We first looked at the major contributor of the errors and created the procedure / check - list on ways to minimize / reduce them . We then looked at the next higher contributor of errors and so on and similarly created procedures / check - list to reduce the errors . We also looked at an alternative approach in improving the quality of drawing by automating certain drawing creation steps . Different sets of procedures / checklist were created for different types of drawings - sheet metal , machined part , gas line tubing , assemblies , etc . We also worked with different groups in the organization to identify their BKM ’s and incorporate those in the check - list . We also looked to see if some of the steps in drawing creation is redundant ( which increases the chances of errors ) and discussed ways to automate those details . Insight & Approach Once we had the procedure / check - list ready , we called a meeting with complete team and explained them about the approach to be followed to improve the drawing quality . The team first looked at the different areas for errors and the highest contributors and insight of the areas for improvement . Finally , in a bigger forum , we discussed about the effect of incorporating this procedure / check - list and have moved forward with this approach . By implementing this procedure / check - list , we are making sure that we are reviewing all aspects of a drawing and improving FTR thereby saving time where resources would have otherwise had to spend time correcting a drawing on issues logged by tech reviewer . That time could well be used on other productive work ! Our next step is to automate this process by incorporating this checklist into the drawing quality tool .