Process Improvement: Stopping Process Downtime
Eliminating waste is at the core of Lean Manufacturing. But even without a lean program, any manufacturing manager knows that process downtime can be costly.
Process downtime can cause:
- delayed orders,
- missed schedules,
- missed earning projections, and
- increased costs,
Improving process reliability is the same as improving safety, quality, and equipment reliability. When a process reliability problem happens, it needs to be investigated and the root causes need to be found and fixed.
How do you find and fix the causes of process downtime? You can use the same tools that experts use to find the root causes of other to find the root causes causes of safety incidents, equipment failures, and quality issues. The TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis System.
An example of a process reliability improvement success story is share at:
http://www.taproot.com/archives/18976
And they used TapRooT® to go from losing money to a profitable operation. How did TapRooT® help? Watch the video and read about how to use TapRooT® to find root causes at:
http://www.taproot.com/products-services/about-taproot
