A waste is anything which do not add any value to the customer requirement. Once again a waste is any material or operation or activity, which do not add any value to the customer requirement. There are 8 types of waste in a manufacturing industry. I will explain one by one with example. Before that, […]
Confused of these four times, Lead time, Throughput time, Takt time and Cycle time? Don’t worry you are in the right place. Before leaving this page you will be able to understand the difference between these times, crisp and clear. Lets start with an example… Situation To a restaurant a customer came. He entered in
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Defects per million opportunity (DPMO) is a measure of occurrence of defects per million opportunity. It is calculated by the formula shown in the picture below. Here D is the No of defects observed, S is the sample size and O is the no of opportunities for defects per unit. This will be more clear
In this competitive environment running one type of product in the same assembly line using same manpower group will not be economical, since there may not be much order for running the line for whole shift or day. So in that situation we need to run different products in same assembly line with little bit
Takt time is the time in which a manufacturer should produce a product so as to satisfy customer demand. This can be called as pulse of lean manufacturing. How to calculate Takt time Suppose a manufacturer have a customer who wants 500 units per day. Presently the manufacturer works in two shifts and working time
If you think why I am writing this post regarding Microsoft Excel, because its not related to industrial engineering, you are wrong, because this is one of the major tool I have been using in my industrial engineering profession. I am using Microsoft excel for Time and motion study, Capacity analysis, Data analysis, data visualization,
Hello, here i am going to explain how an Industrial engineering manager should work, for getting the real benefits of industrial engineering department. Suppose a new IE manager is hired to a company, the following phases can be followed in his working procedure. Ok, lets start with phase 1. [player id=529] Here is your reading
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Here two workers are working on to built a wall with bricks. They are almost done and they are going to finish their work… : ). Before they finish I will try to understand you the concept of Man-hour quickly. What is man-hour? Man-hour is a unit which is used to express the manual time
Manpower requirement calculation is now a vital part of all manufacturing industry in this competitive world. Because it will help to invest your money wisely. In this article we will explain how to calculate manpower required for a manufacturing industry with example. Please note there are two types of Manpower Direct Labour (DL) and Indirect
Sort phase is the first phase of 5S. And, how to implement 5S sort phase will be precisely explained in this article. In the sort phase, as the picture conveys the message, we will sort the wanted and unwanted items separately and review the unwanted items. After reviewing and confirming the unwanted items are not
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