Manufacturing waste will be generated in every manufacturing plant. It is important that you establish practices to minimize the generation of waste. Some types of commonly observed wastes in manufacturing facilities include waste from overproduction, defects, inventory, unnecessary motion and transportation, waiting times, over-processing, and unused time and creativity of employees.
Here are 8 ways to reduce manufacturing waste:
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The speed and efficiency of your production line can make or break your business. Even minor hiccups in the workflow can lead to huge timing issues and cause a bottleneck that brings your factory to a grinding halt.
No matter what scale you are working with, here are some tools you can use to increase your manufacturing and assembly speeds. (more…)
For many companies, their success is tied directly to their efficiency or lack thereof. One of the things that determines whether or not a company is an efficiently run business is its warehouse production processes.
These processes can make the difference between a company making a healthy profit or going into the red. With that in mind, below are four ways to maximize your warehouse production processes. (more…)