Méthodologie de sélection d’anti-erreur à l’assemblage par calcul de l’efficacité et du coût global d’une application

Abstract

The automotive, the motorcycle and the recreational products industries are very competitive at this moment. One of the important factors to remain or become a head of the competition is to maintain the quality of the product very high. This is a key factor to keep an excellent reputation towards to the customer. The vehicles variety and complexity are generally getting higher to meet the customer needs. The assembly mode being in mixed model production, alternating the vehicles on the assembly line may increase de risks of mistakes generated by the assembly operators. The current dissertation is proposing an original methodology of error-proofing selection to support the engineers and technicians that are involved in the new product development and the start of production activities. The final purpose is to provide an adequate component ant tool design so the mistakes are being avoided at the assembly steps. The methodology can be summarized as follows: • Components priority by FMEA approach or historical analysis of failures / customer complaints; • Error-proofing potential options selection with support of a list of thirty-six (36) errorproofing approach frequently utilized in the industry; • Calculus of global cost & quality efficiency level; • Selection of the best error-proofing option early in the design phase. The methodology, named AEBRP, is strongly based on some foundations of the Toyota Production System philosophy and particularly the JIDOKA pillar. This methodology is built in function of applications of Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP Inc.) but can be used for other types of products.

Date	21 Apr 2011
Original language	French
Awarding Institution	École de technologie supérieure
Supervisor	Antoine Tahan (Supervisor) & Michel Rioux (Co-supervisor)