Almost every manufacturing facility has a method or means to measure labour efficiency. Some of these methods may include Earned versus Actual hours or perhaps they are financially driven metrics such as “Labour as a Percent of Sales” or as “Labour Variance to Plan”. As we have learned all too well through the latest economic downturn, organizations are quite adept at using these metrics to […]
OEE, Labour, and Inventory
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Availability
- Capacity
- Cost Control
- Customer Service
- Eliminate Waste
- Lean
- Lean Metrics
- Performance
- Problem Solving
- Process Control and OEE
- Quality
- Terminology
- Training
Contingency Planning For Lean Operations – Part I
Contingency Planning For Lean Operations – Part I Lean operations are driven by effective planning and efficient execution of core activities to ensure optimal performance is achieved and sustained. The very nature of lean requires extreme attention to detail through all phases of planning and execution. Upstream operations simply cannot tolerate any disruptions in product supply or process flow without the risk of […]