Sunday, January 31, 2010
Right Size:
Matching tooling and equipment to the job and space requirements of lean production is called Right Size. Right sizing is a process that challenges the complexity of equipment by examining how equipment fits into an overall vision for workflow through a factory. When possible, right sizing favors smaller, dedicated machines rather than large, multipurpose batch processing ones.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Coco-Cola History:
On May 8, 1886, at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Ga., Dr. John Stith Pemberton mixed carbonated water with a syrup he'd invented. The result was the world's first glass of Coca-Cola. The price for one glass was five cents, and Pemberton advertised it as a health tonic.
The name "Coca-Cola" comes from two of its original ingredients -- the coca leaf and the kola nut. The coca leaf is used in cocaine production, and from 1886 until 1905, Coca-Cola contained traces of cocaine.
Today, caffeine is the chemical responsible for Coca-Cola's energy jolt.
Pemberton didn't work alone -- his bookkeeper, Frank Robinson, suggested the product's name, which he wrote using sweeping, cursive letters. This became the product's logo, and you can see it on bottles, cans, trucks and signs today. While the Coca-Cola Company has introduced many new products and used numerous marketing slogans throughout its history, this logo has remained virtually unchanged for more than 120 years. It's identifiable in much of the world, and it's one of the reasons that Coca-Cola is one of the world's most-recognized brands.
This worldwide recognition didn't come overnight, though. At first, Pemberton sold only a few glasses of Coca-Cola per day. In 1887, the Coca-Cola Company distributed coupons for free samples -- it claims that it was the first to use this method of attracting new customers. In 1894, candy
Maker Joseph Biedenharn became the first person to bottle Coca-Cola. Suddenly, the beverage became available to people who didn't have easy access to a soda counter.
Bottling proved to be the key to the soda's success. The Coca-Cola Company started developing its global bottling network in the late 1800s. Between 1890 and 1900, Coca-Cola syrup sales shot up 4,000 percent. By 1919, the company had bottling plants in Europe and Asia, and in 1920, there were more than 1,000 bottling plants in the United States.
Today, Coca-Cola is one of the most prevalent brands in the world. The company sells more than 1.3 billion drinks every day in 200 countries worldwide.
According to the Coca-Cola press site, if you put all of the Coca-Cola ever produced into 8-ounce contour bottles, you'd have a total of six trillion bottles. Placed end to end, these bottles would make a tower 85 times taller than Mount Everest, which could reach to the moon and back 1,677 times.
The name "Coca-Cola" comes from two of its original ingredients -- the coca leaf and the kola nut. The coca leaf is used in cocaine production, and from 1886 until 1905, Coca-Cola contained traces of cocaine.
Today, caffeine is the chemical responsible for Coca-Cola's energy jolt.
Pemberton didn't work alone -- his bookkeeper, Frank Robinson, suggested the product's name, which he wrote using sweeping, cursive letters. This became the product's logo, and you can see it on bottles, cans, trucks and signs today. While the Coca-Cola Company has introduced many new products and used numerous marketing slogans throughout its history, this logo has remained virtually unchanged for more than 120 years. It's identifiable in much of the world, and it's one of the reasons that Coca-Cola is one of the world's most-recognized brands.
This worldwide recognition didn't come overnight, though. At first, Pemberton sold only a few glasses of Coca-Cola per day. In 1887, the Coca-Cola Company distributed coupons for free samples -- it claims that it was the first to use this method of attracting new customers. In 1894, candy
Maker Joseph Biedenharn became the first person to bottle Coca-Cola. Suddenly, the beverage became available to people who didn't have easy access to a soda counter.
Bottling proved to be the key to the soda's success. The Coca-Cola Company started developing its global bottling network in the late 1800s. Between 1890 and 1900, Coca-Cola syrup sales shot up 4,000 percent. By 1919, the company had bottling plants in Europe and Asia, and in 1920, there were more than 1,000 bottling plants in the United States.
Today, Coca-Cola is one of the most prevalent brands in the world. The company sells more than 1.3 billion drinks every day in 200 countries worldwide.
According to the Coca-Cola press site, if you put all of the Coca-Cola ever produced into 8-ounce contour bottles, you'd have a total of six trillion bottles. Placed end to end, these bottles would make a tower 85 times taller than Mount Everest, which could reach to the moon and back 1,677 times.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Scan Integrity:
The quality of the inventory and pricing data that ensures that items have been added deleted and correctly priced is called Scan Integrity.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Detail about an email:
If you are looking to find out details about an email message, such as the servers it was routed through and when, first open the message and choose View - Show - Page Source from the Notes menus. This will open a new window with detailed information about the MIME/HTML contents of the message. This is very useful when trying to track down mail routing issues, or figuring out if something is SPAM, etc.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
5 Whys:
The 5 Whys is a simple problem-solving technique that helps users to get to the root of the problem quickly. Made popular in the 1970s by the Toyota Production System, the 5 Whys strategy involves looking at any problem and asking: "Why?" and "What caused this problem?"
Very often, the answer to the first "why" will prompt another "why" and the answer to the second "why" will prompt another and so on; hence the name the 5 Whys strategy.
Benefits of the 5 Whys include:
It helps to quickly determine the root cause of a problem
It is easy to learn and apply
How to use the tool:
When looking to solve a problem, start at the end result and work backward (toward the root cause), continually asking: "Why?" This will need to be repeated over and over until the root cause of the problem becomes apparent.
Example:
Following is an example of the 5 Whys analysis as an effective problem-solving technique:
1. Why is our client unhappy? Because we did not deliver our services when we said we would.
Why were we unable to meet the agreed-upon timeline or schedule for delivery? The job took much longer than we thought it would.
Why did it take so much longer? Because we underestimated the complexity of the job.
Why did we underestimate the complexity of the job? Because we made a quick estimate of the time needed to complete it, and did not list the individual stages needed to complete the project.
Why didn't we do this? Because we were running behind on other projects. We clearly need to review our time estimation and specification procedures.
Key Points:
The 5 Whys strategy is an easy and often-effective tool for uncovering the root of a problem. Because it is so elementary in nature, it can be adapted quickly and applied to most any problem. Bear in mind, however, that if it doesn't prompt an intuitive answer, other problem-solving techniques may need to be applied.
Very often, the answer to the first "why" will prompt another "why" and the answer to the second "why" will prompt another and so on; hence the name the 5 Whys strategy.
Benefits of the 5 Whys include:
It helps to quickly determine the root cause of a problem
It is easy to learn and apply
How to use the tool:
When looking to solve a problem, start at the end result and work backward (toward the root cause), continually asking: "Why?" This will need to be repeated over and over until the root cause of the problem becomes apparent.
Example:
Following is an example of the 5 Whys analysis as an effective problem-solving technique:
1. Why is our client unhappy? Because we did not deliver our services when we said we would.
Why were we unable to meet the agreed-upon timeline or schedule for delivery? The job took much longer than we thought it would.
Why did it take so much longer? Because we underestimated the complexity of the job.
Why did we underestimate the complexity of the job? Because we made a quick estimate of the time needed to complete it, and did not list the individual stages needed to complete the project.
Why didn't we do this? Because we were running behind on other projects. We clearly need to review our time estimation and specification procedures.
Key Points:
The 5 Whys strategy is an easy and often-effective tool for uncovering the root of a problem. Because it is so elementary in nature, it can be adapted quickly and applied to most any problem. Bear in mind, however, that if it doesn't prompt an intuitive answer, other problem-solving techniques may need to be applied.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Hide/Unhide Rows or Columns:
To hide/unhide a row(s):
To hide a row(s), select a cell(s) and press Ctrl+9.
To unhide a row(s), select the cells containing the range of the hidden row(s) and press Ctrl+Shift+(.
To hide/unhide a column(s):
To hide a column(s), select a cell(s) and press Ctrl+0.
To unhide a column(s), select the cells containing the range of the hidden column(s) and press Ctrl+Shift+).
To unhide rows & columns in a sheet:
1. Press Ctrl+A to select all cells in the sheet (in Excel 2003, press Ctrl+A+A from a cell in the Current Region/List range) or click Select All at the top-left intersection of the rows and columns.
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+( and then Ctrl+Shift+).
To hide a row(s), select a cell(s) and press Ctrl+9.
To unhide a row(s), select the cells containing the range of the hidden row(s) and press Ctrl+Shift+(.
To hide/unhide a column(s):
To hide a column(s), select a cell(s) and press Ctrl+0.
To unhide a column(s), select the cells containing the range of the hidden column(s) and press Ctrl+Shift+).
To unhide rows & columns in a sheet:
1. Press Ctrl+A to select all cells in the sheet (in Excel 2003, press Ctrl+A+A from a cell in the Current Region/List range) or click Select All at the top-left intersection of the rows and columns.
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+( and then Ctrl+Shift+).
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Salvage:
Product containers/shippers (bales, pallets, containers) that must be returned or recycled to defray operational costs is termed as Salvage.
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