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Twi Industries VSM
Twi Industries VSM
Model Answer
Rod + Forging
suppliers
OE + after market
customers
Production
Control
Size adjust
2 weeks
Daily priorities
Shop order
2x Month
Daily
Weld area
Supervisor
Machining
Forgings C/t = 30 sec
20 days C/O = 120 min
5 Days
Uptime = 100%
Weld 1
Weld 2
Deflash
Outside
Painter
2 days inv.
Cutting
Uncut
Rods
20 days
Assembly
Shipping
4 Days
C/t = 15 sec
C/O = 15 min
To 60 min
Uptime = 100%
20 Days
3 Days
5 Days
30 secs
30 secs
3 Days
30 secs
4 Days
195 secs
3.
introduce
continuous
production?
2. Where
Should can
TWIwebuild
to a finished
goodsflow
supermarket
or
In
Assembly,
we have 195 seconds of work. This is split
direct
to shipping?
between
workers.
So, if we can get an even split of the
Finished6product
variety
work
elements,
get a cycle
time ofend
of 32.5 seconds.
= 20
lengths we
x 2 can
diameters
x 3 types
Iffittings
we arexcareful,
2 ends we should be able to split the work
elements
= 20 xto
2 xgive
3 xa2cycle time of 39 seconds with 5
workers.
is within
Takt
This
will be cell 2
= 240 This
product
types the
(plus
anytime.
colour
variations)
This is a lot of variety to keep in a supermarket we
would
need
2402 locations
Weld 1,
Weld
and Deflash all have 30 second machine
Also,
if
we
can
reduce
lead operator
time to less
than
2 weeks,
cycle times and 10 second
cycle
times.
So we
then
we will be
sureand
of the
order.
can combine
these
runcustomer
the cell with
1 operator. This
So,will
we should
be cell aim
1. to build direct to shipping.
We can not include cutting as it is not dedicated to this
product family. (See Q8 for further development)
Rod + Forging
suppliers
Production
Control
Orders
OE + after market
customers
Orders
2 weeks
Weekly
Daily
Forgings
Machining
Machined
forgings
C/t = 30 sec
6 Days
Weld &
Deflash
6 Days
Cutting
C/t = 15 sec
C/O = 5 min
Uptime = 100%
6 Days
Takt = 45
Work = 195 sec
C/O = 0
Uptime = 100%
1/2 day
Cut rods
Change over
Welder uptime
Change over
Work element balance
Change over
<1 Day
1 Day
30 secs
Shipping
1 day
Rods
Assembly
Outside
Painter
1 day inv.
90 secs
1 Day
<1 Day
195 secs