Operational Efficiency

The Right Goals. The Right processes. The right data driven Results.

There’s a quote that says, “As you climb the ladder of success, make sure it’s leaning against the right building.” The same can be applied to plant and multi-site manufacturing operations.  As you invest energy in improving efficiency, make sure you’re pursuing the right correctives based on the right data. This necessitates a process-centric approach to the digital transformation of best practices for reuse, sustainable standardization and continuous improvement. The journey toward perfection never ends.  At InSource Solutions, we will help you:

• Define your goals for improved manufacturing efficiency
• Develop the appropriate data gathering methodologies & technologies to achieve your goals.
• Create the plan and execute the plan with style.

Craig Ferry, Senior Director Manufacturing Performance, at Continental Building Products describes their journey:

Achieving Manufacturing Transparency at Continental Building Products

According to one survey by LNS, companies who invested in manufacturing operations management systems saw an improvement of Cost Per Unit of 22.5%, On Time Delivery of 22%, and Net Profit Margins of 19.4%.

Where are your blind spots right now?:

• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)? – Are you looking to squeeze out additional production capacity.  Whether you’re looking at a piece of production equipment,  a production line, or an enterprise, this multi-dimensional metric allows you to ID areas for improvement and measure real-time progress in downtime, throughput & quality.
• Capacity Utilization ?– Describes how much of the total manufacturing output capacity is being utilized at a given point in time
• Schedule or Production Attainment ?– For a given specified schedule, measure what percentage of time a target level of production is attained.
• Waste? Product Quality or Compliance? – Anytime a defective product is produced, it not only wastes material and labor, but also consumes valuable process capacity.  Through automated work instruction integration, a manufacturing execution system insures process is performed correctly and in compliance with required standards.

make sure you can Sustain your gains:

Statistics show that much too often, hard earned operational efficiency gains are not sustained.  We work with you select solutions produce one version of the truth.  Data that can be believed by all associates.  We  balance best fit technology with your organizational readiness & budget. We engage to map relevant processes & set clear expectations for aligning people and process with any new technology. And then we coach your team through the Adoption Process to ensure initial and then on-going results.

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