Good decisions start with a working model.
Six practical tools for the factory floor and the planning review. Start with an example, bring your data, and save the alternatives worth discussing.
Process lab
Explore process capability, yield, control limits, and measurement-system performance.
Try: compare centered and high-variation data. ↗02 / PLANCapacity & bottlenecks
Find the station that limits output and compare staffing, lanes, and cycle time.
Try: add a staffed final-test lane. ↗03 / PRIORITIZEYield & quality cost
Rank internal failure costs and model a targeted improvement opportunity.
Try: reduce your largest defect-cost bucket. ↗04 / SCALEManufacturing ramp
Connect demand, materials, capacity, and yield to inventory and backlog.
Try: transfer a capacity plan into a ramp. ↗05 / REVIEWBuild readiness
Track gate completion, ownership, evidence, and open actions before a build.
Try: review missing owners before sign-off. ↗06 / INVESTIGATEPCB defect investigation
Follow visual symptoms through likely causes into an evidence worksheet.
Try: investigate solder bridging. ↗Keep the work moving.
Capacity plan → Review the transfer → Ramp schedule
Carry start capacity, demand, and yield forward without entering them twice.
Observed first-pass counts → Review the transfer → Quality-cost analysis
Keep unique failed units separate from defect occurrences.
Save both alternatives in a named project, then select two scenarios from the same tool to compare them. Export a workspace backup to move your work between devices.