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MANUFACTURING BASICS & BEST PRACTICES BULLETIN
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Competitive Knowledge for Manufacturing People
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May 15, 2006
Hi [[firstname]],
Companies seeking a cost advantage over competitors
usually zero in early on labor costs. Wage levels in
particular are an obvious target. Cutting people
and/or wages and benefits may gain a temporary reprieve
from Chapter 11, but they are rarely the key to a
sustainable competitive advantage. In reality, they
sour workforce attitudes, wage cuts often put out of
reach the productivity gains that could be obtained
by more skilled, sensitive management of human resources.
For example, training the work force in added skills,
can permit more flexibility in job assignments, and
that in turn can boost shop-floor results. This more
flexible use of labor has enabled companies to convert
from MRP shop order "launch and expedite" systems to
the processes of flow technology. The success of such
a changeover is dependent on a highly trained,
flexible workforce that can design and dynamically
balance sequential production work cells. The results
can be exciting --- typical reductions beyond MRP
are 20% production costs, 40% space requirements,
25% inventory, 40% quality costs, and 40% cycle times.
Effective shop floor control has proven elusive as we
have upgraded our manufacturing control system from MRP
to MRPII and then to ERP. To capture control of shop
floor activities, we need to stop beating a "dead horse"
and start implementing and improving sequential
production processes. The winners turn to Kaizen Based
Lean Manufacturing. . . you can too!
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