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The Pratt & Whitney Canada two-week event model has been used over the last 2 years, resulting in:
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Lead times reduced by 70% |
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Defects down by 50% |
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Space down by 50% |
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| A typical Kaizen activity |
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| Timetable |
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Days 3 & 4 |
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Lean production overview |
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Takt time calculation |
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Work content collection |
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Line balance & cell design |
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3 week break to
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Layout of cell out and trial |
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Create standard operations |
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Monitor performance to takt |
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Example – One Piece Flow in an Operations area
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| Cell in batch and queue environment |
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| Manufacturing personnel calculating takt and work content |
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| One Piece Flow cell in action |
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5S Housekeeping 