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.
A small line. A big decision.
Add stations, assign operators, improve a fixture, and recover a supplier delay. Compare delivery and cost across a four-week ramp.
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.