Ways to Realize Lean Benefits Using Taylor Scheduler
Customers tell us our software turns them into lean machines.
Continuous improvement in manufacturing means maximizing efficiency, and by doing so, your plant will run as effectively as possible. In today's competitive world, manufacturers remain in business only if they can execute their ideas for improving efficiency. That is where we fit in—Taylor products allow manufacturers to implement and maintain lean ideas because they connect machines, resources and customer requirements.
By combining these items with interdependent rules, Taylor utilizes a lean strategy so that your plant managers can immediately see what is happening on the shop floor and in the market and then react to changes quickly. New information—changes in supply, machine break downs, changes in delivery dates, etc.—can be added to the system. The effect of these changes cascades throughout the entire plant: new work orders are generated and new schedules are created for machines and operators. When there are many variables to manage—medium to large manufacturers have complex manufacturing processes—Taylor Scheduler takes care of the details for you.
Here are some examples of how using Taylor Scheduler keeps you lean:
- Reduce cycle time by decreasing the queue time between manufacturing operations.
- Reduce work-in-process (WIP) inventory by lessening lag time between operations.
- Reduce raw material carrying costs.
- Reduce finished goods material storage by defining storage space as a critical tooling resource.
- Improve on time delivery by having Taylor Scheduler tell you exactly when jobs will finish.
- Make accurate order promise dates.
- Increase the utilization of key resources.
- Streamline and standardize the schedule process by storing all of the rules in one system.
- Centralize information to improve communications.