How to Improve Productivity in Manufacturing
This is the century of competition. If you want to be a
market leader, you have to be fast and innovative to fulfill customer's demand.
Companies keep innovating their products somehow to increase sell. But the
supply of products according to demand is also equally important as
innovation.
For that manufacturer must be fast and quick in their
manufacturing. Because if there is a delay in manufacturing, supply chain will
also get delayed. So, here are the ways to improve productivity in
manufacturing.
Six ways to improve productivity in manufacturing.
Existing Workforce Assessment
Manufacturers must analyze existing workforce, which are in
use for production. There are two types of workforce in manufacturing,
- People: need to look who is doing what task on the production floor. Is he/she doing the job better? How efficiently he/she is adopting new things? How accurate is his/her work. Such kind of assessment is required for people workforce.
- Machine and equipment: need to look for machine quality, depreciation, replacement parts, etc. Because machine should be in good condition during the production process. Otherwise, unwanted accident can take place on the production floor.
So, the manufacturer should analyze the existing workforce for
better productivity. The Manufacturer should understand the requirement of
production in 360 degrees because any change also have the cost linked to
it.
Upgrade Technology and Processes
Technology is now very important in every business. Whether
it is small or big. There was a time
where people were very important asset for manufacturers but now it is the time
where latest machines and equipment are very important assets more than
people.
Manufacturer need to understand the requirement of market as
every week market demands and customer’s need change because of heavy of
competition in the market. Manufacturer has to be accurate and fast in every
aspect. And this can be possible only through upgrading technology and old
processes.
Prevent Unplanned Downtime
This is the common and major issue that most of the
manufacturers face in production. Unplanned downtime happens during production
process due to some machine or equipment fault/failure. If production line is
big then lot of time gets spent in just identifying the exact issue in
production line.
This issue can be prevented permanently. “ANDON System” can
help you prevent unwanted downtime in production line. The aim of this system
is to give alert when some problem arises
It also sends alert to specific people working on production line
through emails/ANDON light/sound.
Educate Workers about Technology
Suppose you are manufacturer and you take care of all the
things related to production. You install latest technology for production to
get better and efficient but it will be of no use if your workforce does not
know how to use them.
Educating workforce frequently and efficiently is of prime
importance.
Some companies do have this problem where the workers do not
have enough knowledge to operate the latest machine and the company does not
even conduct a training program for them. It is very important, because at the
end, it is up to the man to operate the machine.
Organize Workspace
Organize workspace in such a way that makes things easy on
production floor. It’s not about machine. One can adopt following ways,
- Find a way to reduce movement on the floor
- Remove unnecessary tools and materials from workspace
- Create cupboard for tools which will save time wasted to look for the right item
- Create organized storage spaces for miscellaneous things
This will also help in creating healthy work environment on
production floor. Workers need to be calm while working and organized workplace
helps in many way.
Make Accurate Data Tracking System
One major thing in improving productivity is accurate data
and reports. If management have accurate report of manufacturing, then it will
help in better decision making. And again, for this, manufacturer need to
install latest technology and equipment which provides real time data such as
total production, total working hours, total downtime, machine breakdown
etc.
Accurate data shows where and how much work needs to be
done. So accurate data tracking also help in improving productivity in
manufacturing.
Manufacturing Execution System based Production Monitoring System could be the excellent solution for accurate data tracking. The MES software provides a dashboard which captures real time data from factory floor and could be accessed anytime anywhere.
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