Defect Elimination Left to Right & Right to Left

Book excerpt: Defect elimination (DE) has long been an essential part of achieving and sustaining asset reliability and continued business improvement. 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.Defect Elimination - Left to Right, Right to Left is a guide for how you and your organization can develop a defect elimination road map. It provides a structured approach for those looking to implement a defect elimination program and presents two options for executing defect elimination. Defect elimination gives you the power to make your day as predictable as the next by achieving defect-free days, one after the other. Apply defect elimination and you will have a business that is not only predictable, but very consistent, productive and, most of all, profitable.