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What Is 3P Production Preparation Process?
Many organizations struggle to launch new products or ramp up new processes smoothly and quickly. By applying many lean thinking principles, the production preparation process, or 3P, offers a powerful approach to achieving product and process innovations. Learn the key differences between traditional development approaches and 3P, its main benefits, when it’s commonly used, and the unique and somewhat unusual activities of 3P.
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What Is 3P Production Preparation Process?
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Next VideoGetting Started with 3P
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3The 3P Project Charter
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4The 3P Workshop
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53P Step 1: Define the Function
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63P Step 2: Sketch 7 Ways
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73P Step 3: Mock Up the Process Design Alternatives
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83P Step 4: Select the Top 3 Process Alternatives
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93P Step 5: Simulate the Top 3 Alternatives
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103P Step 6: Select Top 1 Design Option
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113P Step 7: Prepare Equipment Acquisition Plan
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12What Is Moonshine in 3P?
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13The 7 Flows of 3P
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14The 16 Catchphrases of 3P
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153P Catchphrase 1: Production Preparation Should Be Lightning Fast
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163P Catchphrase 2: Build Equipment and Layout for Smooth Material Flow
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173P Catchphrase 3: Use Additive Equipment
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183P Catchphrase 4: Build Equipment That Allows Easy Changeovers
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193P Catchphrase 5: Make Equipment Easy to Relocate
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203P Catchphrase 6: Use Versatile Equipment That's Easy To Reconfigure
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213P Catchphrase 7: Make Operator Workstation Narrow
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223P Catchphrase 8: Design Equipment And Layout For Ease Of Operator Movement
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233P Catchphrase 9: Eliminate Wasted Machine Cycle Time
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24M3P Catchphrase 10: Build Equipment For Small, Swift Flow Lines
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253P Catchphrase 11: Build Narrow, Vertical Flow Lines
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263P Catchphrase 12: Build Equipment For One-Piece Pull
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273P Catchphrase 13: Build Quick Changeover Capability Into Equipment
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283P Catchphrase 14: Link Machines for Smooth Loading and Unloading
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293P Catchphrase 15: Use Multiple Lines and Rectified Flows
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303P Catchphrase 16 Spiral Upwards To Jidoka
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31How to Calculate LCC Life Cycle Cost for 3P
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32Biomimicry Looking for Design Ideas in Nature
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333P for Product Development
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