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Elimination of 8 wastes, Five rules in use, future state map, DoE, Team
5a Identify Solutions for characterize operating range, margin tolerance stackups Update Oversight Team
Cause and Escape Revise specifications, Revise Design to eliminate cause, control or DRB
counteract causal mechanism, feedforward or feedback control
Improved Acceptance Sampling, error proofing, In-line SPC
Turn it on & off PS-003
Change Assessment & TRB Approval Change Assessment Form
Do No Harm testing @ system level with Customer use conditions Validation test Plan
Validation Test Results
IQ, OQ GUID-PD-011
FAI Team
Verify & Validate the
5b Solution MSAs for new controls/inspections/error proofing TRB
Results of validation approved by TRB QA
Reassess containment
IMPROVE
Team
Implement the
6a Solution Implementation plan: milestones and timeline, material runout; Update Oversight Team
procurement changes; drawing, IR, WI, SOP changes;training; Capital; SQE, Buyer, Planner, Commodity Mgr
supplier selection
PQ, Results approved by TRB
Baseline comparison before & after Team
6b Validate that the
Update Oversight Team
TRB
solution corrected the QA
Problem
Field Actions? Recall, Point of service or point of failure repair
WIP/NCP: return to supplier or rework inhouse (Warranty coverage?) Team
Scrap? Oversight Team/Leadership
6c Remediate the SQE
Problem
QA
Systemic actions to Other parts susceptable to this causal mechanism or escape cause? Leadership Team
7 prevent occurrence QMS system improvements? Change control, V&V, Calibration, MSA, Team
elsewhere QA
Inspection/Test development, Visual Workplace, SPC...
Lessons Learned - improve problem solving process
8 Close & Congratulate Reward & recognition - celebrate Leadership
the team
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IDEXX 8D Steps
STRUCTURAL
Components: sub-assemblies, components,
raw materials, software, algorithm, process by
which the components are 'assembled'
Specific Features, dimensions, properties
Failure modes: complete, partial, intermittant,
unexpected
What's wrong
What's changed
What's different
What's happening