Line Layout Before Workshop
Line set up as Tradition ‘Batch & Queue’ Manufacturing Process with Low Optimisation of Labour
New Line Design Implementing ‘Cellular Manufacturing”
GAP Analysis Between Current and Requirement
CURRENT CONDITION
- Work Stations ‘Process Islands’
- Operators Waiting for Previous Process
- Large Amounts of WIP
- Poor Floor Space Utilisation
- No Product ‘Flow’
- Required Line Output not Consistent
ACTIONS
- Redesign the Line to Implement Cellular Manufacturing
- Balance the Line to “TAKT Time”
- Implement “1 Piece Flow”
- Eliminate the WASTE (Non-Value Add Activity)
- Review and Update the Line KPI’s
Recorded Benefits Achieved Within 4 Months of Workshop Completion
