Defect Elimination: Left to Right & Right to Left - Paperback

Defect Elimination (DE) has long been an essential part of achieving and sustaining asset reliability and continued business improvement. Winston Ledet defined a defect as, “anything that erodes value”. The “anything” are events that are significantly impacting the operating capacity of a business and this means it is not restricted to one type of event outcome. It can be applied to events where the outcome is the loss of any of your business’s value drivers. These may include productivity and profitability through quality and quantity losses, fines and suspensions, health, safety and environment noncompliance, and other negative events that will erode value. The aim of defect elimination is to eliminate the defect by applying the “fix forever, not forever fixing” mantra by resisting the urge to apply a temporary fix to the defect. My intention for writing this book is to provide a structured approach for those looking to implement a defect elimination program and present two options f