Continual improvement of manufacturing processes
Process Improvements
YOKE uses the total quality management system to continuously carry out quality improvement activities, promotes CIT improvement activities, and establishes the cultivation guidance system and the operation system of continuous improvement. By cultivating internal seed employees, the quality improvement practices are deepened within the company and implemented as part of the company's daily operations; systematic tools are introduced to make quality improvement activities more efficient and effective, and finally, innovation and improvement, team learning, and continuous learning become part of the corporate culture of YOKE to continuously improve and innovate, and also enhance customer satisfaction.
| Improvement examples | Boost efficiency | Increase output | Ergonomics | Reduce material consumption |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automation of metal ring flash butt welding | v | v | ||
| Feeding automation | v | v | ||
| Continuous furnace consumable reduction project | v | |||
| N-2855 Series assembly optimization | v | |||
| N-3615 riveting automation | v | |||
| Packaging automatic material feeding | v | |||
| N58 tray escape machine | v | |||
| Injection process integration | v | v | ||
| Processing measurement automation project | v |
Total improvement suggestions
We started the total improvement suggestion system in July 2021 to encourage direct labor to make one improvement suggestion each month to develop the ability to voluntarily discover problems and make improvement suggestion in employees. The unit head will conduct the preliminary review, and each unit select at least once highlight suggestion. Through the review of the assessment team, three excellent highlight suggestions were selected each month, and employees making the suggestion were commended at the morning assembly.
In 2023 director labor made 2,315 improvement suggestions in eight “objectives of improvement suggestions”. A total of 105 suggestions were reviewed for PDCA by the review committee to create benefits for up to NT$5.259 million. The monthly average of suggestions per employee was 1 suggestion.
In response to the global net-zero emission trend and our carbon reduction strategy, we converted the effectiveness, machine time saved and consumable saved, of all improvement suggestions into carbon emissions. In 2023 a total of 36 improvement suggestions contributed to carbon emissions of 105.8tCO2e/year.
