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How To Control Costs Through Time Tested, Real World Techniques
How To Control Costs Through Time Tested, Real World Techniques
How To Control Costs Through Time Tested, Real World Techniques
• Competition
• Ability to be the “Supplier of Choice”.
• Profitability
So do your Customers!!! 0%
1 Year 3 years 5 years 7 years
IT SHOULDN’T BE “JUST
LUCK”!!!!!!!
04/28/10 Center for Organizational Excellence and Effective Change 6
HOW TO CONTROL COSTS
Regardless of what most people think,
profits in most companies are not “huge”.
NEW MODEL
SALES PRICE – COSTS = PROFITS
WAIT TIME
- Often the easiest time loss to identify and a
good place to start your “cost savings”.
LEAN LAW #1
EVERY PROCESS CAN BE IMPROVED
- MATERIALS
- LABOR
- METHODS
- EXPENSES
PRODUCT
• INDIRECT- SUPPLIES TO SUPPORT
NONE!!!!!
• TIME = MONEY
One of the first things you do is determine how much the truck
rental is going to cost.
Next you start planning your move so that you save as much
time moving things, loading and unloading process, to
minimize time and maximize productivity.
THEY CAN HELP YOU THE MOST WHEN YOU GET THEM
INTERESTED IN HELPING YOU AND UNDERSTANDING
WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO HELP YOU
LEAN LAW #4
LEAN LAW #5
LEAN LAW #6
E OF S R
E OF ES COST
COST/ /MIN
PAY/ PER MIN PAY/ PER
HR HR HR HR
$11.0 50 $0.22 $12.0 53 $0.22
0 0
$12.0 50 $0.24 $13.0 53 $0.24
0 0
$13.0 50 $0.26 $14.0 53 $0.26
0 0
$14.0 50 $0.28 $15.0 54 $0.27
0 0
LEAN LAW #7
LEAN LAW #8
TOTAL PARTS
225 225 225 225 225 225
RAN
SCRAP PARTS 0 3 5 7 10 15
2..00 2..06
TIME PER PART 2..02 MINS 2..5 MINS 2..09 MINS 2..14 MINS
MINS MINS
MAINTENANCE COSTS
True or False
FALSE
It is the responsibility of all the following
people for the operation and care of their
equipment
• Operator
• Team Leader
• PE Member
• PC Member
• QC Member
4.5 minutes
per shift
INDIRECT LABOR
Indirect Labor costs must be controlled just
like direct labor.