A Lean Calibration Management Program can help companies reduce costs and improve efficiencies by optimizing calibration practices. Common practices that waste time and money include surprise calibrations that impact production, tools being used when past due for calibration, and a lack of control over the calibration process. Applying Lean manufacturing principles like eliminating waste, standardizing processes, and improving workflow can streamline calibration and reduce costs while maintaining quality standards. An online secured calibration database managed by a third-party calibration vendor can consolidate the supply chain and eliminate non-value added tasks like double data entry of calibration records.

1. Breakthrough Cost Savings by Process Improvement Workload – Tool Control – Efficiency

2. Enable “Company” to reduce overall costs and gain efficiencies through competitive pricing and a Lean Calibration strategy.

3. Never compromise the disciplines of good metrology in the pursuit of quality improvements and cost reduction. Traceability Uncertainty Management Standard or Validated methods Proper and well-maintained calibration standards

4. Manufacturing Companies’ Focus on production efficiencies often diverts attention from inefficiencies in their calibration program. This often results in calibration practices that can significantly increase cost and put quality at risk. What calibration practices might put cost and quality at risk?

5. Surprise and/or off-site calibrations shut down / impact production Can’t easily locate tools for calibration Past due tools are in use Calibration intervals not optimized to balance quality and cost. Lean manufacturing thinking is not consciously applied to the calibration program. No conscious effort / program in place to optimize grouping of calibration work. Double data entry General lack of control

6. Lean manufacturing is a concept that focuses on eliminating seven wastes. Toyota defined three types of waste: "muda" or non value-added work, "muri" or overburden and "mura" or unevenness. By eliminating waste, overall quality can be improved and production time as well as cost can be reduced.

7. Overproduction Inventory Over Processing Motion Transportation Defects Waiting

8. Lean Calibration Management Program “ Lean CMP”

11. Facility: 131 devices total 82% 98% 80% 92%

12. AMS 2750 A minimum of nine thermocouples for 225 cubic feet of work zone. Add one thermocouple per process controller and for each additional 25 cubic feet. 9 Point, 13 Point , 17 Point, 25 Point

18. No double data entry Consolidates the supply chain: Faster, simpler, and more accurate Leverages database, the Internet and multi-tenancy technologies Internet Secured Calibration Database Manufacturer or Laboratory Calibration Vendor

24. The total number of certificates you receive each year, considering intervals (ie, 3mo intervals = 4 certs per year, 12 mo = 1 cert per year, etc) we calculate the following: 316 certs 5 minutes to upload cal data onto your current system, ensure no errors, file away, etc. Multiply 316 x 5 minutes = 1,580 minutes or 25 hours per year! That’s nearly 1 full day per quarter spent on non-value added work. Multiply by wage and factor in opportunity costs

25. We calibrate a wide range of equipment on-site and can issue the certificates same day Our labels are computer generated (no handwritten) and we also barcode Your data and certificates are available 24/7 online Our high level of customer service is unparalleled We are A2LA ISO 17025 Registered