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Lead time reduction
Project Objectives
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Improve productivity and shorten cycle time from receipt of order to delivery to a customer
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Reduce or eliminate rework, reduce scratches and damage and improve offcut management
Project Team
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Damien Smith
Direct Edge Manufacturing
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Matthew Saunders
Direct Edge Manufacturing
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Lisa Hatten
Harvest Moon
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Manuel Fillion
Petuna Seafoods
Facilitator
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Bob Cother
The Action Learning Institute
Key measurables
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Delivery in Full on Time (DIFOT)
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Order cycle time
- Actual time vs budget time expressed as a percentage
Companies involved
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Direct Edge Manufacturing (host)
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Petuna Seafoods
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Harvest Moon
Approach taken
- Senior Management briefing
- Walk through the process and storyboard of initial impression
- Value Stream Mapping and Spaghetti Diagrams
- Data collection and analysis
- Stakeholder interviews
- Exploration of relevant tools:
- Visual management
- Materials requirement planning
- Capacity requirements planning
- Root cause analysis
- Cause and Effect Analysis and issue identification
- Concept development, refinement and justification
- Prepare implementation plan
- Presentation to Senior Management
Summary of outcomes
- ‘Supermarkets’ established
- Heijunka box installed and implemented
- DIFOT trend has improved
- Rework has reduced
- Continuous Improvement ideas from communication boards are systematically processed