50 Manufacturing Factsheets
- Saturday, January 1, 2022
- Posted By The Growth Company
You would use this approach to identify bottlenecks that stop or slow down production or business performance, and implement solutions to reduce or remove the effect of bottlenecks.
You would use this approach to stabilise and standardise processes, eliminate waste, develop flow, increase responsiveness to customers and engage people in continuous improvement and problem solving.
SMED is a system for significantly reducing machine setup and changeover times. The aim is to convert as many steps as possible to 'external' tasks which can be carried out while the machine is running.
You would use this approach as part of the design process for a new product to make it as easy to manufacture and assemble as possible, at the lowest cost and highest quality.
You would use this approach when you are seeking to introduce change within your operation. The approach can be scaled according to the size of the change.
You would use this approach to make best use of workspaces and to empower team members to take responsibility for organising and improving the workplace.
You would use this approach to enable your employees to talk about and identify opportunities to reduce wasteful activities in your business by having a common language to describe waste.
You should use this approach to standardise activities either on the shop floor or in office processes.
You would use this approach as part of the design of your manufacturing process and material replenishment systems.
This factsheet will help you to understand your supply chain, enabling you to prioritise suppliers by importance and improve performance.
You would use this approach to identify improvement opportunities in end to end business processes. A VSM activity s used to see the whole process end to end.
You would use this approach to develop your growth strategy.
You would use this approach to enable a team to understand and improve its own performance.
You would use this approach to gain better understanding of any process you are trying to improve, or where you are trying to solve a problem. It is also a great way to generate common understanding among a team of a given process and the opportunities for improvement.
You would use this approach as part of the design of your manufacturing process and material replenishment systems.
If you do not measure, you cannot improve. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) create a basis for decision making and focus the team's efforts towards the critical areas for strategic and operational improvement.
You would use this approach to solve any problem by identifying the root cause and taking action.
You would use this approach to ensure that new and existing products and services meet customer price expectations and also deliver sufficient profit to your company.
You would use this approach to drive up the performance and availability of your equipment and increase the quality of the products that they produce.
You would use this approach to capture machine and process performance as part of continuous improvement activities.
You would use this approach to improve production flow and reduce manufacturing lead times.
You would use an MRP system to plan and control your inventory, production and scheduling.
You would use this approach to understand what motivates your customers to buy your products.
You would use this approach to understand patterns in your sales and use these to your advantage.
You would use this approach to enable you to understand the medium to long term capacity required for your business, in terms of people and machines.
You would use this approach to understand if you have sufficient capacity to take on unexpected orders or growth in demand.
You would use this approach to understand the best supply model to adopt for your business or specific products.
You would use this approach to understand he true cost of inventory to your business and make better decisions on how much inventory to hold.
You would use this approach to increase your ability to output more product.
You would use this approach to put systems of work in place that make best use of our skilled labour to communicate business direction and more.
You would use this approach as part of your manufacturing strategy to understand the abilities of your existing workforce and identify areas for development.
You would use this approach as part of the design of your manufacturing process and material replenishment systems.
You would use this approach as part of the design process to select the best concepts tat meet the product design specification.
You would use this approach to understand and manage how customers perceive your products, relative to your competitors.
You would use this approach to introduce a balanced set of measures covering financial, customer, business processes, and people.
You would use this approach to improve the effectiveness of your meetings by understanding the time required, the business outcomes and improving engagement of attendees.
You would use this approach to consider and develop your own leadership styles, and those of your leadership team, to use styles effective to the situation.