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Service 04

Improve output without automatically adding more resources.

Adding people, shifts or equipment is one answer. It is rarely the first one worth testing.

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01

Where we look

Seven productivity levers.

  • 01Capacity
  • 02Throughput
  • 03Bottlenecks
  • 04Changeovers
  • 05Workflow
  • 06Labor productivity
  • 07Equipment utilization

02

Hidden capacity loss

Where is your capacity actually going?

A constraint is often the visible end of a chain of smaller losses. Time spent waiting, changing over, recovering from downtime, reworking output or moving material through a poor layout does not appear as a line item — but it consumes the same hours.

Available timeActual output
01

Waiting

02

Changeovers

03

Downtime

04

Rework

05

Poor flow

Losses accumulate between the two — often without appearing on a report.

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