Productivity Workshop
This Productivity Workshop is designed to
identify and eliminate waste in a given work area.
Workshop activities include:
- Documenting Reality:
Calculating product lead times, taking time observations,
calculating Takt Time, creating operator cycle time vs. Takt Time bar
charts, and using time observation to identify abnormalities/waste and
determining staffing needs
- Creating the Improvement Plan:
Designing new layouts and calculating standard work in
process
- Implementing the Improvement Plan:
Moving equipment, organizing tools and materials at point
of use, timing and observing new operations, applying 5S principles and
continuing to refine area to meet goals of workshop
Material covered in this workshop enables
teams to reach such typical productivity goals as increasing output, reducing
floor space, achieving one-piece (small lot) flow, and reducing work-in-process
inventory.