5.3. Process improvement (Removing Bottlenecks)
Improvements in quality, flexibility and speed are commonly required .The following lists some of the ways that processes can be improved.
• Rearranging the layout to eliminate large amounts
of inventory between operations
• Add additional resources to increase capacity of
the bottleneck (an additional machine can be
added in parallel to increase the capacity)
• To improve the efficiency of the bottleneck
activity
• Minimize non-value adding activities(decrease
cost, reduce lead time)
• Eliminating the batching and moving to one piece
flow