Each company's manufacturing operations are different even within the same industry. Each has it's own set of distinctive problems that effect quality, price and delivery. DCI Objectives can assist your company in evaluating and analyzing your current strengths and weaknesses in order to help establish a strong improvement program.

Regardless of product volume or production equipment and floor layout, we will address your issues and provide solid solutions.

Production & Flow Analysis

Continuous flow processing involves placing of equipment into the actual sequence of the manufacturing process and having workers perform many processes, thereby improving the production. To help our clients we use a simple 6 step process as a guide.

• TAKT Time
• Total Cycle Time
• Number of Operators Needed
• Balanced Board
• Layout Plan
• Work Instructions

Lean Manufacturing

The main objective of Lean Manufacturing is the absolute elimination of waste within the operation. Generally when discussing wastes in most manufacturing the following 8 areas are usually referred to:

Defects Waiting Processing roduction Motion Inventory Transportation Unused personnel resources

Lean Manufacturing is the most efficient use of Man, Machine, Methods and Materials. To support this philosophy are the underlying primary principles of:

TPM 5S JIT SMED Zero Quality Control Work Cells Kanban Poka Yoke Kaizen

One way to begin the process of Lean Manufacturing is to employ The 5S Philosophy which focuses on effective work place organization with standardized work procedures. 5S simplifies your work environment, reduces waste and non-value activity while improving quality, efficiency and safety. This entails the application of:

It is important to understand that undertaking any one of these possible methods for improvement will have a positive effect on your organizations competitiveness. The greater the commitment to areas of improvement the greater the effect the company will see.

But remember this undertaking should be tempered with common sense. Choose the area(s) of greatest concern and work from there to improve the company's manufacturing operations. In the final analysis use only the components listed that fit and can be best implemented for results in your operations.