Melvin Vincent, Author at Know Industrial Engineering

How to calculate savings on Machine Hour Rate

4 Comments / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

In this article I will explain how to calculate the machine hour rate you have saved by implementing some improvements in an operation of a machine. Suppose the present output of a machine is 120 per hour. And you have done some improvement in the operation of a machine and increased the hourly output to […]

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Why Why Analysis

2 Comments / Lean Manufacturing / Melvin Vincent

Why Why Analysis is a method used for finding out the root cause of a problem or symptom. In this method a series of why questions are asked about the problem. And finally we will reach the root cause of the problem. Why Why Analysis is used for root cause analysis of a problem, which

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How to Calculate Standard Output of an Assembly Line

Leave a Comment / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

In this article I will explain how to calculate standard output of an assembly line. Standard output is the no of products to be produced from an assembly line or operation, in a particular time period, if all operation in the assembly line completes at its respective standard time. For knowing about the standard time

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Bottleneck In A Manufacturing Industry

3 Comments / Lean Manufacturing / Melvin Vincent

Bottleneck is anything which will restrict the flow. In a manufacturing industry bottleneck will be an operation and flow means the flow of material or information. Suppose there is an assembly line with 4 operations A, B, C and D with cycle times 7, 5, 9 and 3 minutes respectively. While the assembly line is

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How to calculate manpower savings

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Melvin Vincent

In this article I will explain how to calculate the manpower cost you have saved by implementing some improvements in an operation. Suppose the present output of an operation is 120 per hour. One manpower is allocated for doing the operation. And you have done some improvement in the operation and increased the hourly output

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Thinking Out of Box

5 Comments / Uncategorized / Melvin Vincent

I have an old laptop bag, which I am using it for last 6 years. This bag has three compartments one big compartment where I put my lap top and two other small compartments. The large compartment zip has two zipper for closing the compartment. Since the large compartment has two zipper it can be

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2 Finger Scroll Using Laptop Touchpad

Leave a Comment / SOFTWARE TIPS / Melvin Vincent

Here I am going to share a tip that I have learned recently, may be I am too late to learn this. We can scroll the pages displayed in the laptop using touch pad, instead of mouse, arrow keys and scroll bars. For that we have to touch the touch pad with two fingers and

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8 Wastes In Lean Manufacturing

7 Comments / Lean Manufacturing / Melvin Vincent

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,

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Takt Time, Cycle Time, Throughput time,Lead Time – The difference

5 Comments / INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING / Melvin Vincent

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)

2 Comments / QUALITY / Melvin Vincent

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

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