Workforce Development Workforce Development for manufacturers or anyone really, is a topic I’ve never given much thought to. I’ve owned a custom manufacturing shop and now help custom job shops and machines shops to reduce lead-time, improve due date performance, and...
ATTENTION CUSTOM MANUFACTURERS. This demonstrates how lacking and ineffective lean manufacturing is without Theory of Constraints as a focusing mechanism. PRESS RELEASE: DETROIT (Sept. 28) - Most large manufacturers last year failed to reach their cost-savings...
Reduce Process Time to Reduce Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time with DBR and S-DBR To reduce the number of days to make and ship the product from the time the order is received; implement Drum Buffer Rope (DBR) [1] Scheduling which results in a mean reduction of lead-times of...
Check out this article 5 Strategies for Growing as a Domestic Manufacturer where the Velocity Scheduling System is named a key strategy for growing domestic manufacturing.
In this new article recently published by Roll-Kraft, Dr Lisa reveals the secret to scheduling a custom job shop or machine shop. She explain where shops typically go wrong and specifically what to do differently. If you follow these instructions, expect improved due...
This is Part 3 of a multi-part series that will be posted on the Velocity Scheduling System Coaching Program blog. We covered the biggest constraints we find as Theory of Constraints consultants. Read Part 3 here:...
Dr. Lisa: So business owners cope with the issue in several ways. Many let the problem happen to them. They have long-standing vacation policies that dictate how much time off people get, most often dictated by length of service. Many times, the employees get to...
So how do we get the key people in a highly custom job shop to do the totally counter intuitive steps of the Velocity Scheduling System (based on Theory of Constraints Simplified Drum Buffer Rope)? Well, instead of pushing the steps of a system they don’t understand,...
Cost accounting is alive and well in American business (and around the world really), even though it is an invalid, old technology. The continued—and unquestioned—use of cost accounting has led directly to the loss of competitiveness and long-term decline of American...
Our patterns affect what we can accomplish. We use patterns to schedule our machine shops and job shops. If you're not getting the results you want, you may need to change your patterns! Check out this blog post on machine shop scheduling patterns and how they affect...
