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Managing-Welding,the Magic Tool to Success.SOLUTIONS with Effective, Practical Advice
Managing-Welding Operations is unfortunately a subject not well understood and often poorly applied in actual production environments. It is widely accepted that this is a regrettable and costly state of affairs. General Management may have the faulty and unjustified notion that welding is black art, unduly complex and scantily intuitive. What is often lacking is an open attitude that recognizes the scientific base of modern welding technology. That requires to to implement sound principles to optimize processes and to control them in real time. Despite this serious deficiency, Managing-Welding principles are now well established.
They can contribute to improve the performance of welding operations by:
A certain production of acceptable quality may be achieved in reasonable time.
However, without proper Managing-Welding accountability, nobody in the organization has the slightest clue as to the real costs involved. Nor on the measure of improvement available to realize the productive potential. To achieve consistent results, Managing-Welding has to set up a system implementing a planned approach. The purpose is to single out the goals capable of satisfying the needs of the company in terms of
Managing-Welding must identify essential elements as resources, equipment, continuing education and training. It must provide active role and support to ensure that the integrity of the system is maintained. This is done by documenting, monitoring, auditing, and reporting all the aspects of welding operations. The support and direct participation of Central Management, is essential. That includes the commitment to initiate, implement, support and maintain a Managing-Welding system. The development of an encouraging environment is fundamental to operational success. All involved parties including accessory functions like maintenance and purchasing, should work together as a team for the success of the common goal. A rationally organized Managing-Welding system should integrate harmoniously the resources of
These functions should interface with the welding control plan, in view of achieving the needed quality standard at the lowest cost and in the shortest time. The importance of regular feedback for reporting on production problems cannot be overemphasized. That helps in defining adequate corrective actions and implementing them in the least possible time. Total Welding Management is a formal system approach, developed by Jack R. Barckhoff, P.E., and adopted as an essential productivity tool by the American Welding Society. General Managers of companies running welding operations would be wise to investigate how to implement Managing-Welding in their organization. They should seek the required help and learn from AWS how to put in practice the complete system. The economic gains to be secured by such a move should not be overlooked. According to reported past experience with different industries they are likely to contribute a substantial improvement to the bottom line. See also our previous page on Welding Management An Article on Five Goals for Improving Productivity was published (2) in Issue 80 of Practical Welding Letter for April 2010. An Article on Welding Management Duties was published (2) in Issue 86 of Practical Welding Letter for October 2010. An Article on Applying Lean Principles to Combat Waste was published (11) in Issue 89 of Practical Welding Letter for January 2011. An Article on Business Software Benefits was published (2)
in Issue 133 of Practical Welding Letter for September 2014. An Article on Weld Quality Monitoring was published (3) in Issue 137 of Practical Welding Letter for January 2015. An Article on Improving Running Welding Operations was published (3) in Issue 138 of Practical Welding Letter for February 2015. A new page on Welding-Automation and a new Resource page on the same subject were announced (8) in Issue 140 of Practical Welding Letter for April 2015. An Article on Tips for Small Businesses was published (11)
in Issue 149 of Practical Welding Letter for January 2016. An Article on Hand Grinding (3), and another one on Metal Cored Filler Wire (4) were published in Issue 153 of Practical Welding Letter for May 2016. An Article on Issues that will disrupt the industry was published (11) in Issue 158 of Practical Welding Letter for October 2016. An old Article on Where is the Welding Management? was reprinted (11) in Issue 159 of Practical Welding Letter for November 2016. An Article on AWS Roadmap on Global Engagement was published (7) in Issue 161 of Practical Welding Letter for January 2017. An Article on How 80/20 rules metal fabrication was published (11) in Issue 168 of Practical Welding Letter for
August 2017. See the following publication: AWS TWM
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