We often hear how slowdowns occur when the information employees need to process a job is not readily available. Recently we worked with a customer whose job stopped in several departments before passing it on to the next group. Once we realized their work flow could be defined by a series of steps or stages, the challenge became one of communicating that information to employees. What they need to know is the status of each job, what is coming next in the pipeline and where the bottlenecks are.
Sometimes it's easy to identify a bottleneck, solving it can be more difficult.
One customer, Mario, explained that his “production team knows exactly what's involved in the manufacturing process, but the flow breaks down due to a lack of communication about jobs between departments. From design to purchasing to hardware and fabrication to paint and finishing though installation, everyone's hunting down the job schedule & details to determine what to do next. It's a constant source of delays and a cause of mistakes."
Helping people like Mario is a lot of fun!
From the beginning Mario knew a magnetic white board would probably do the trick. When he got to the Magnatag web site he knew he was in the right place. He called us for advice on which board would show just the right amount of information in a way that would be easy to see and understand. He says the DDXT board is working perfectly for him and on time delivery has increased by 22%.