by abelawless@gmail.com | May 28, 2024 | Production
When it comes to turning profit in our industry, manpower is the name of the game. Time ontools needs to be consistent to ensure timely completion. In order to facilitate this, each trade has to have capacity and opportunity to come in and do the work. Waiting on...
by abelawless@gmail.com | Mar 19, 2024 | Production
For those of you who may not have heard the term Single Motion Exchange of Trade (SMET) before, you’ve probably heard of its predecessor: Shingo’s well-known contribution to production theory Single Motion Exchange of Die (SMED). So, how do these two differ? In...
by abelawless@gmail.com | Feb 23, 2024 | Production
The following scenario is a familiar one for just about every trade partner who has worked a job in our industry: The schedule dates are compromised because production rates are way out of whack. Several crews have worked ahead in an effort to “save time” and others...
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