2021 年的新線路步行課程！

Manufacturers understand the need for continuous improvement. Whether it's about adapting to improve efficiency or satisfying customer needs, you'll succeed most when your production processes align with your overall business strategy. 生產線巡視 are an effective way for your team to discover missed opportunities, eliminate waste, gain insight into production workflow, support and unite your employees, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. I've come to believe in Production Line Walks because they almost always result in clear answers to a common customer goal…

"I want my team to do what we do but better than we do it now."

I can't count how many conversations I've had where customers echo that wish. I've worked with hundreds of manufacturers up and down the supply chain and no two of them have ever been the same, yet every single one has looked to do two things:

為他們的客戶提供更大的價值
在他們所做的事情和他們做事的方式上盡可能高效

取自精益管理策略 現場散步, a Production Line Walk is a literal start-to-finish walk through your production process. You evaluate and observe everything. You see the process. You understand the workflow. You ask questions. You learn. Then you take everything you've seen and heard and locate the points where you can improve to make things faster, safer, easier, less costly, and just plain better.

This alone can solve some of your team's most 常見的生產挑戰.以下是我在您的下一次生產線巡視中包含的前五項建議：

1. 以全新的眼光和誠實的態度開始您的生產線巡視

If you're like me, sometimes you can get lost in the day-to-day operations and lose sight of what's really going on in your business. As your business grows, it can also be easy to unintentionally create two sets of staff — the people who make decisions and the people who really know what's going on.

您可以通過召集您的團隊一起提出以下問題來重置您的系統：

我們做對了什麼？我們的哪些流程符合公司目標？
是否存在影響我們實現高質量輸出能力的挑戰？哪些因素會減慢進程？
我們可以實施哪些持續改進策略來使流程與公司總體目標保持一致？

Once you've taken an honest assessment of where your production is, you can bring in fresh eyes to help implement new ideas. This can be new staff, people from other departments, or other facilities — or 給 Optimas 一個電話，要求對您的流程進行誠實的自上而下的審查. Don't be afraid of what you might find; consider it an opportunity for improvement.

2. Don't Just Change for the Sake of Change

I know, I know, I just said to be open and honest about opportunities for change. But hear me out — not all change is good, effective or necessary. Are the changes you make moving your business toward your end goal? If yes, make the change. If not, or you're not sure, maybe it's not a priority you need to worry about today.

您的生產線巡視應該聚焦於現在需要解決的大問題、可能產生重大影響的小變化（繼續閱讀以了解更多信息），以及為決策者、設施經理平滑生產通道的總體步驟和您的員工隊伍。

Consider triaging your challenges. Address the big problems. Fix the smaller things that can't wait. Then, create a list of what's left over — the lower priority items that you and your team can look at later. Make a plan to address these during future team meetings and correct them if needed.

3. 用你的線路尋找具有巨大潛力的小變化

I told you that we'd come back to this.

It's amazing how often I've seen Production Line Walks reveal small, seemingly inconsequential improvement opportunities that could easily go unnoticed. This is where line walks really earn your investment of time and staff resources. These small things can multiply quickly. Results from recent line walk recommendations by Optimas have included:

將每年使用 100,000 次的機加工銷釘替換為更簡單的分體銷釘，將售價從 $5.00/每個降低到 $0.40/每個
材料的變化導致移除了現在不需要的水箱——釋放了佔地面積並減少了組裝時間和能源使用量近 $3,000/年
將返修階梯銷鉸鏈的方法從需要一小時工作的過程更改為需要五分鐘的過程
將單個硬件重新構想為三件式系統，從而將每年生產的數千件產品的成本降低了 $10/單位
開發耐油漆螺栓以替代劣質螺栓——為客戶節省額外成本和生產時間

大的改變肯定會導致成功，但許多小的課程修正也可以。著眼於調整您的操作並在此過程中引入小的改進——它們都會隨著時間的推移而累積起來。

4.生產線走動可以確定要切割的東西和要添加的東西

You may have noticed that not all of the examples I mentioned above involved "cuts" or eliminations. You can only take away so much before you risk hurting product quality and team pride. In fact, adding costs along the way may still reduce overall costs. Sometimes making more work for yourself at Step 2 in the process means that Steps 5, 6 and 7 can be completed in half the time.

當您尋找降低成本和提高效率的方法時，還要考慮添加一些東西的方法。是另一個站點，另一個工人，利用新技術，還是使用更堅固的材料？並非每項改進都來自於減少浪費；有時它來自增值.

5. 有 Optimas 的 Line Walks 比沒有 Optimas 的 Line Walks 更好

我們以製造商的心態進行巡線，因為我們是製造商. Optimas 工程師已經為數百家製造商走過生產線，現在您可以擁有豐富的經驗。

We're with you through the whole process. We have the ability and the capability to become the source of changes you want to implement. Whether it's supplying 成品或原型解決方案通過 3D 打印，我們的工程師可以完成我們為您的團隊提供的許多建議。

I promise you that a Production Line Walk is worth your time and a line walk with Optimas is your best bet for success. Line walks can be incredibly beneficial to your operations, your supply chain relationships, and your bottom line. If you're ready to schedule a production line walk at your facility, 立即與 Optimas 工程專家交談 — we're here to help you 效率提升.