Cycle Time Reduction for Higher Productivity Central

Course details

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

1. Understanding Cycle Time Reduction (CTR) concepts
2. How to spot and calculate Cycle Time
3. Cycle Time as a Control point in handling and managing
4. Introduction to Line balancing
5. Techniques of Line Balancing
6. Uses and Problems of Line Balancing
7. Machine Interference
8. Cycle Time Goals : the concept of Best Performance
9. Changing of mindset in the application of CTR on best performance
10. What drives productivity:
11. Linkage of productivity to profit
12. Types of production
13. Differences between the push and pull systems of production
14. Inventory consideration
15. Waste reduction/elimination
16. Visible control
17. Scheduling Techniques
18. Decision rules for scheduling
19. Sequencing : the science behind the art
20. Lean production – the seven wastes
21. Introduction to work measurement
22. Time study
23. A model for practical allowances