Autonomous programming and process bark
I start this text with a phrase from Guru Lean Shigeo Shingo that is, at the very least, funny:
"When you buy a banana, all you want is the fruit, not the peel. However, you have to pay for the peel mesthe same. The peel is a waste, and the consumer shouldn't pay for that waste."
Shingo was so stubborn for reducing losses that he can identify this even in objects of nature we see every day. This look must be a skill that every production engineer should seek to develop. planning and programming processes is no different. In supply chains that are more robust and already adapted to Advanced Planning and Scheduling production process can become an almost bureaucratic process for Key-USER . It is good to emphasize that here we are talking about companies whose process is extremely structured. For example, companies that generate several programming scenarios, without manual intervention in programming, and the choice of which scenario to move on is decided based on several key indicators. Due to this process being so well consolidated and standardized, we can configure the APS solution to perform a new programming automatically. However, the periodicity of reprogramming is a very particular subject of each company, because here we are dealing with a trade-off for the production system that is the discussion between responsiveness and rigidity. The great point between these two factors should be very well thought out. If we walk to a very responsive , that is, when we can change the programming in the very short term, we risk leaving the production with little confidence to plan the execution of the orders. If we walk to a very rigid , that is, where we reprogram little frequency, we run the risk of bearing production and not readjusting programming on time. Finding this S Weet Spot is a very wide and perhaps challenging theme when implementing an autonomous programming solution. The first (and more obvious) is the time gain for monitoring and improving the programming process. Second, the standardization of the process is intensified and this gives more predictability to production and other support areas. Another gain is the adaptability of programming to external events and their impacts on programming more agile. All these gains are always originated by a restless look at the process. Never forget that we can improve the way we do our activities. Shingo has even managed to complain about the way nature “produces” bananas, so there are no limits for us not to look at the losses of our daily lives. Tell us what are the “bananas bark” you realized in your business today.
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