Operations
Paid capacity left standing idle.
Machines, people and shifts cost the same whether they produce or not. Planning is done by gut feeling, what happens on the floor isn't recorded, and rework never makes it into any calculation.
- Line 194%
- Line 271%
- Line 338%
- Maintenance82%
Line 3 stopped for 2 h
The alert goes to whoever can replan, not to the monthly report.
Talk about your operationsWhat stops happening
Three things that no longer depend on who's on shift.
On top of the tools the company already uses. Each block shows what appears on the screen of the people doing the work.
01
People, machines and shifts used to the full.
A single plan, with utilisation measured, not estimated.
- Bookings, shifts and work orders in the same plan
- Real utilisation by person, team, line or machine
- Quick replanning when something goes wrong
02
What happens is recorded when it happens.
At the workstation or on a phone, with no paper in between.
- Logged at the workstation or on a phone, with no paper to transcribe
- The same instructions and checklists for every shift
- The status of every work order in plain sight
03
What keeps happening stops happening.
Rework gets a name and a cause.
- A simple record of every non-conformity
- The problems that cause the most rework, identified
- The cost of rework by product, line or client
Before and after
Before
The weekly plan lived on a sheet of paper on the wall.
After
Each line's utilisation is visible in real time.
Method
MEDIR
Whatever the area, the work that shouldn't need to exist is measured and removed the same way: five phases, always in the same order.
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The risk of running operations out of two or three people's heads.
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Talk to us
Two questions about your operations, and the conversation starts with data on the table.
We reply with numbers. Talk to the people who'll be on the project.
Book a call with GuilhermeGuilherme Ferreira · Head of Technology and Operations
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