Runnability diagnostics and root cause solutions

摘要

Developing the skills to run a mill and to improve the performance is a continuous learning process for the mill organisation. The challenge is how to utilise the power inherent in an organisation as a whole and how to build on this power. New dimensions can potentially be reached by integrating the know-how and thinking of the individual team members involved into a total and by liberating the skills that the team members have, individually and together. A standardised way of analysing the production line including all its important aspects is a desired tool. The process is here called Runnability Diagnostics. The Runnability Diagnostics focuses on the core of the mill operations and involves each and every employee. The Runnability Diagnostics is targeted on creating a full understanding of the disturbances occurred and of the symptoms indicating problems. Root cause issues are found and solved. The Runnability Diagnostics process can be standardised and repeated. Results can be plotted, presented and discussed within the mill organisation and between mills in a corporation. Thus a learning organisation is gradually developed. A new level of performance is reached, which serves as a platform for operations excellence, product development, image and improved return on capital invested.