10th March 2016.

Analyse Phase - Search for the key factors that have the biggest impact on process performance and determine the root causes:

The Analyse phase of the project, as agreed by the team, included the following:

In this phase we held brainstorming sessions on the kinks defect for Cath X and Cath Y. Our brainstorming sessions included product builders from the Top Assembly line and the Generic area as well as the core team. The product builders involved in these sessions found them interesting and insightful and were happy to see that all suggestions and opinions were valued and taken note of.

  

When our brainstorming sessions concluded we used the following tools to analyse our data from the Measure phase. Cause and Effect Diagram with cause screening and Defect Analysis by Product builder on each of the stations in the Generic area were carried out.

                        

Example of Defect Analysis by Product Builder

Summary:
Tip Form process has been identified as a key area for fallout, this process is an inspection process which may indicate that kinks are received into the Tip Form stations. The team is now ready to move onto the next phase the Improve Phase.