So yes it has been a couple weeks since I have picked up the proverbial scribe. Yes Yoda has hounded me and asked the right questions to achieve the desired result. That being pound out another entry on the lean journey my team and I are on.
The past week has been hectic and eventful. The standard quotes of "We need it all now", "We want it yesterday", and my personal favorite "This is hot". It started me thinking about standardization. If parts are punched/stamped/laser cut from standard blank sizes wouldn't that facilitate less handling, increased thru-put, etc... The trick to this is the quick change over. As we all know the devil resides in those pesky details where we pick up time and turn downtime, yes some of you know that acronym, into direct labor which is value added. The win we had the past couple of weeks came with an experiment I am running with a table. Could it be considered a Heijunka table, well that all depends on who you ask and how it is presented. The jist of what we are trying to accomplish is run more product thru equipment on standard blank sizes while the scrap is increased, the time saved in extra labor and material handling well pays for itself. Is it working, well buckaroos, it is still in the works and the Mura, there I go using Japanese words to sound wise, has decreased in amplitude. I am going to make this a 2 part blog. As I don't see the current workload slowing down anytime soon my team and I will continue to work this problem PDCA style. I will report the results in the next posting.
Happy Trails, thanks for stopping by
Cowboy
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