{"id":3223,"date":"2010-07-13T05:23:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T12:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2014-10-07T13:42:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T18:42:49","slug":"a-grave-error-arlington-national-cemetary-quality-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/a-grave-error-arlington-national-cemetary-quality-problems\/3223\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington National Cemetary Grave Mix Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3227 size-thumbnail\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"Arlington National Cemetary Grave Mix Up\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/arlington-national-cemetary-quality-lean-six-sigma-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Arlington National Cemetary Grave Mix Up\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/arlington-national-cemetary-quality-lean-six-sigma-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/arlington-national-cemetary-quality-lean-six-sigma-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/arlington-national-cemetary-quality-lean-six-sigma-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>At least 211 United States veterans are in unmarked or unrecorded graves in Arlington National Cemetery \u00a0Army officials report that remains were found in graves listed as &#8220;empty&#8221; and several urns were discovered on a &#8220;pile of dirt&#8221;. Like most <a title=\"quality problems can be discovered using a poka yoke system design\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/how-to-check-for-errors\/9292\/\">quality problems<\/a>, this is most likely just the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 300,000 veterans buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Assuming no other quality defects are found. This means that 0.07% of the veterans buried in the Arlington National Cemetery are defective in some way.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This means that at least 0.07% of the veterans buried in the Arlington National Cemetery &#8211; their burial is defective in some way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>House Armed Services Committee Chairman, Ike Skelton, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Arlington National Cemetery is a sacred shrine and it breaks my heart to learn about mismarked grave sites, mishandling of remains, missing documentation, and failures to notify next-of-kin. This conduct is disgraceful and cannot be tolerated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Like most quality problems, they can be prevented and are, in fact, avoidable.<\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s Your Turn<\/h2>\n<p>Would single piece flow work for the &#8220;death industry&#8221;? Indeed, &#8220;take one, put one&#8221; might prevent the grave &#8220;switcheroo&#8221; problem. How would you approach this problem?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 211 United States veterans are in unmarked or unrecorded graves in Arlington National Cemetery \u00a0Army officials report that remains were found in graves listed as &#8220;empty&#8221; and several urns were discovered on a &#8220;pile of dirt&#8221;. Like most quality problems, this is most likely just the tip of the iceberg. 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