Searching for and eliminating waste

OBJECTIVES:

Financial savings, reduced production costs, elimination of non-value-added activities, greater involvement of employees.

CHALLENGES:

• Reducing production costs and increasing efficiency, by increasing the added value in the process and eliminating waste.
• Increasing the motivation of employees in production areas and involving them in the process of change.
• Increasing the flexibility and responsiveness of the production area to the changes in orders.
• Regaining financial liquidity - reducing the amount of inventory and production in progress.

VISIBLE RESULTS:

• Eliminating the share of activities that do not produce value, by approx. 30%
• Financial savings by eliminating waste
• Faster response to changing orders - improvement of on-time deliveries by approx. 20%
• Improving efficiency and productivity - through effective management of machines and the use of Lean tools
• Employee's ability to independently assess the workstation, measure and propose improvements

PARTIAL OBJECTIVES PURSUED BY TASK-ORIENTED TEAMS:

• Reducing the number of rejects
• Cycle time reduction
• Reducing the number of failures
• Improved utilization of materials
• Reducing the number of production corrections
• Increasing the number of deliveries on time (to the customer)
• Improving the inventory control methods