Reduce Fulfillment Time
Lean companies
- Run what they want, every day, with no surprises
- Instruct operators to do daily cleaning and inspection of equipment
- Allow no equipment breakdowns, interruptions, and other production losses
- Maintains equipment available when needed 100% of the time
- Keep all equipment clean - problems are easy to find and fix
- Do setups in minutes or seconds
- Promote workplace organization to make it easy to find what they need, eliminating wasted time, and maintaining standard operations.
Traditional companies
- Let maintenance personnel take care of equipment, while operators run the machines
- Allow equipment to breakdown unexpectedly
- Have high production costs
- Have messy workplaces, with people looking for stuff all the time.
Benefits of Lean
- Allows no interruptions, fire-fighting, or overtime
- Eliminates the need for just-in-case inventory
- Provides the flexibility to produce according to customer demand
- Gives customers what they want, every time