Ways to Realize Lean Benefits Using Taylor Scheduler
- Lean Objective: Increase the utilization of key resources.
Taylor Solution: Use the Taylor Scheduler Optimizer to reduce setup time to gain more time for running production. Balance operator requirements to reduce their idle time. Use the vertical scheduling rule to squeeze out that extra 5% of machine utilization, especially when you are already heavily utilized. By monitoring the Gantt chart, you can easily and quickly see which machines are idle. Run the capacity analysis reports to determine actual capacity utilization over any time period. The average wait time report shows the location of bottlenecks and their severity. By monitoring the resource graph or the resource transaction reports, you can see where you have excess operators, tools and/or inventory.