Job Shops

Job Shops can improve from Lean implementation and meet the demands of its industry, namely on price, delivery and quality!

While many job shops differ from companies in the Manufacturing industry, they still have the same challenges of how to reduce and eliminate waste, best known as the 7 Wastes.

• Transportation: Moving parts around many times
• Motion: People moving to “find and fetch” items
• Over Processing: Doing work that is simply not needed
• Inventory Issues: Either having too much inventory that ties up cash or the wrong inventory that’s just not needed
• Defects: Not just in scrap materials, but anything that causes rework or slowing down of a process
• Rework: Doing something more than once. Make sure that work is done properly the first time
• Over Production: Making extras or making things well before they are needed, using up resources best used elsewhere. Need a better work scheme for clean production systems.

By looking at these 7 Wastes, job shops are able to improve work flow and work place organization. Through Lean’s resource called 5S, this is the first step to eliminating these wastes, increasing productivity and then profitability.

To learn how Applied Performance can improve your productivity with Lean, contact us at 403-470-1659 or info@appliedperformance.ca.

Think that your company cannot afford to streamline you processes? Think again! Small and Medium size enterprises may find they are able to apply for funding from the NRC IRAP program. This funding can help with productivity improvement programs, including both Lean and automation.

To learn more, click the link below:

http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/irap/across_canada/west.html

To easily find out who to contact at NRC or how to approach the process, please contact us at 403-470-1659.