Wij kwamen onderstaand interessant artikel tegen in The Fabricator. Hierin vertelt Downing Industries, een Amerikaans metaalbewerkingsbedrijf, over hun stap naar QRM door personeel te cross-trainen, zowel de vloer als het kantoor in te richten op basis van celindeling èn gebruik te maken van POLCA.
Hoe zij dat deden èn wat het hun gebracht heeft, leest u hier.
Een mooi artikel over ownership, crosstraining, whitespace, celindeling en capaciteit. Hier alvast wat sneak peaks uit het artikel:
“the company is in the middle of a growth spurt, with sales jumping 30 percent each year over the past two years. And according to sources, the company is handling the increased work load just fine, with time for extra improvement projects to spare. And the jobs keep moving, without spending hours, days, or weeks sitting between operations. When jobs keep moving, it’s amazing what can be accomplished.”
“Any manufacturing improvement ideally should aim to shorten the time it takes for a quote to become an order and an order to become a delivered product. Shorten that order-to-ship cycle, and a fabricator increases sellable capacity. Shorten that cycle using existing resources, and a fabricator increases profitability or market share, or even both.”
“To give you an idea, all through 2017 we quoted 1,200 part numbers. Just last month, we quoted 500 part numbers. When you ax the white-space time and keep things flowing, it’s amazing what you can accomplish.”
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