Throughput and Flow

A primary objective of plant operations is to achieve smooth continuous flow of material through the process.  Unnecessary bottlenecks within your process can Machine Lineconstrain flow, increase inventories, and prevent throughput from matching existing customer demand.

B&N Europe coaches will help you identify staffing or equipment issues, manage bottlenecks, and improve flow of operations with a variety of tools. These efforts will greatly increase throughput, leading to improved revenue and profitability. Operators are taught how to develop a capacity profile of a production line, and the relative merits of speed, availability, and accumulation.  Appropriate tactics for the site are then developed.

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