Time Based Analysis – Gathering Data/Displaying Results.
As many of you already know, Time Based Analysis never fails to identify waste and untapped potential in any organisation, even in those that have been using Lean tools for many years. I have reported many times in posts that time based analysis looks at the entire inputs to outputs value adding capability in a structured way and is therefore more powerful than the more common “Lets try this or that” approach applied in isolated areas.
Time based analysis is used by employees and staff to map out the value adding processes, results can be displayed on a wall map. There are some characteristics of my design which need to be understood so I have attached a video below which demonstrates how data is gathered and displayed. This video is at 4 x speed but there are others on my website at www.drbobbarker.co.uk in Forum. For automotive and direct cell lineside feeds there is also a framework with multiple synchronisation points.
When analysis is complete (2-4 hours of work) expect to find a lot of waste that financial reporting did not display. Typical results are – increase in output per person and morale, reduction in throughput time and inventory and a reduction in costs.
