Posts tagged “KPIs”

Standard Minute Value turns "the line feels slow" into a number you can act on. Here is the formula, a worked example, a...

Pieces that sit between stages tie up cash and hide problems. Here is how to see where your WIP is, how old it is, and w...

Most factories report a per-piece cost that hides loss, returned material, and stage rework. Here is the formula that do...

Two maintenance metrics, no jargon: how often your machines break, and how long they stay broken. Here is how to calcula...

A handful of causes usually account for most of your downtime. Here is a step-by-step method for sorting a month of malf...

Numbers can motivate or humiliate depending on how they are shared. Here is how to choose fair measures, separate machin...

Final inspection tells you a lot is bad; inline checks stop it from becoming bad. You need both, in the right proportion...

Sewing usually gets the blame, but live balance data tells a different story. Here is how to read your stage-by-stage WI...

You do not need a hundred-chart dashboard. Seven numbers, checked every morning, tell you whether the factory is healthy...