This document discusses PQCDSM, which stands for Productivity, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, and Morale. PQCDSM aims to enhance these six areas through techniques like 5S, Kaizen, and TPM. It defines each element of PQCDSM and provides examples of their goals and scopes. It also lists some common categories of losses that occur within each area. The overall purpose of PQCDSM is continuous improvement across key business metrics through minimizing losses.

1. PQCDSM - Meaning, Scope, Losses
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3. PRODUCTIVITY
PQCDSM
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Ex.: Production increased from 15 to 16 tonnes per day
SCOPE
Zero Loss, Zero Breakdown, Improvement in OEE, OPE
Category of Losses under PQCDSM
Production output lost due to want of materials, manpower & productivity
Production output lost due to want of tools
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4. QUALITY
PQCDSM
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Ex.: Defects reduced from 1,000 to 500 PPM
SCOPE
Zero Defects
Category of Losses under PQCDSM
Rejection & Reworks
Customer returns
Mistakes in preparation of cheque, bills, invoices, payroll etc.
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5. COST
PQCDSM
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Ex.: Power Cost reduced from 25 Lakhs to 20 Lakhs / Month.
SCOPE
Manufacturing Costs Reduction
Category of Losses under PQCDSM
Buyingcost / Unit produced
Cost of logistic, Cost of carrying inventory and Cost of communication
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6. DELIVERY
PQCDSM
Promote On Time Delivery
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Ex.: Delivering committed quantity of products to the customer at on time.
SCOPE
Zero Late Delivery, Zero Short Delivery
Category of Losses under PQCDSM
Logistic losses (Delay in loading / Unloading)
Delay in delivery due to any of the support function
Delay in payments to the supplier
Delay in information
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7. SAFETY
PQCDSM
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Ex.: Safe man-hours are increasingdue to propertrainingand monitoringof SOPs.
SCOPE
Zero Harm, Zero Accidents
Category of Losses under PQCDSM
Unsafe condition of material handling / stores / logistics
Unsafe condition of soft and hard data
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8. MORALE
PQCDSM
Enhance Morale : gzpapl ngUkpjk;
Ex.: Employees are proud for their achievement
Employee improvement suggestions up by 5 to 10 times.
Happiness obtained by the employees at their workplace while they are at work.
Keeping employee moral high can have a positive impact on many other areas of the business.
SCOPE
Number of Kaizen / Improvement in the organization
Category of Losses under PQCDSM
Moral condition – Demotivatedemployee in active participationand improvement
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Lean Management Professional
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