<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Every company must ensure that the production process proceeds without interferences. Within this article, the author uses the term “interferences” in reference to unplanned stoppages caused by breakdowns. Unfortunately, usually due to machine operators’ mistakes, machines break, which causes stoppages thus generating additional costs for the company. This article shows a cause and effect analysis of a breakdown in a production process. The FMEA as well as quality management tools: the Ishikawa diagram and Pareto chart were used for the analysis. Correction measures were presented which allowed for a significant reduction in the number of stoppages caused by breakdowns.</p></abstract>

Every company must ensure that the production process proceeds without interferences. Within this article, the author uses the term “interferences” in reference to unplanned stoppages caused by breakdowns. Unfortunately, usually due to machine operators’ mistakes, machines break, which causes stoppages thus generating additional costs for the company. This article shows a cause and effect analysis of a breakdown in a production process. The FMEA as well as quality management tools: the Ishikawa diagram and Pareto chart were used for the analysis. Correction measures were presented which allowed for a significant reduction in the number of stoppages caused by breakdowns.

Breakdown Cause and Effect Analysis. Case Study

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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Every company must ensure that the production process proceeds without interferences. Within this article, the author uses the term “interferences” in...

Breakdown Cause and Effect Analysis. Case Study

Published Online: May 22, 2018

Page range: 83 - 87

Received: Mar 01, 2017

Accepted: Oct 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mspe-2018-0013

Keywords
analysis, production process, breakdown, FMEA, Ishikawa diagram, Pareto chart

© 2018 Witold Biały, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Breakdown Cause and Effect Analysis. Case Study

Published Online: May 22, 2018

Page range: 83 - 87

Received: Mar 01, 2017

Accepted: Oct 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mspe-2018-0013

Keywordsanalysis, production process, breakdown, FMEA, Ishikawa diagram, Pareto chart

© 2018 Witold Biały, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
analysis, production process, breakdown, FMEA, Ishikawa diagram, Pareto chart