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Welcome to Milliken’s Virtual Tour of Excellence!
We invite you to tour through our Performance System alongside our associates.
Excellence starts here!
One Piece Flow vs Batch Production
Click on the Play button to see the two types of production flows and determine which one you think is more efficient.
one piece flow
batch production
Making the Important Things Visual and Touchable
Through Focused Improvement methodology, Edward and his team have 10 projects to sort, prioritize, and complete. Tasks 1, 3, and 9 are Quick Wins. Tasks 2, 5, and 8 are Best Practices. Tasks 4, 6, 7, and 10 are Improvement Projects. They have funneled the projects through the hopper to evaluate impact paired with the amount of effort and time. Which projects should they begin first? Drag projects from the Sorted Projects chart to create a Top 5 Prioritized Projects list.
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Perfect Stores Management
Place 3 wrenches and 2 markers in the box.
Perfect Stores Management
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One piece flow is faster!
One piece flow is about 30% to 50% faster than batch production.
Which production flow technique do you think is more efficient?
one piece flow
batch production
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The Top 5 Prioritized Projects list would include all 4 projects that have high impact and require low effort/time along with 1 project from the low impact and low effort/time quadrant.
By making things visual and touchable, Edward and his team engage in kinesthetic learning. Kinesthetic learning involves using your sense of movement and touch to concretely organize otherwise abstract concepts. Interacting with concepts in real life promotes engagement and understanding. Employing kinesthetic strategies in a work environment unites team members and instills ownership for data, decision-making and problem-solving.
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Edward and his team need your organization skills! Projects that have high impact and require low effort/time would be the priority followed by projects that have low impact and require low effort/time.
Not quite!
The Top 5 Prioritized Projects list would include all 4 projects that have high impact and require low effort/time along with 1 project from the low impact and low effort/time quadrant.
By making things visual and touchable, Edward and his team engage in kinesthetic learning. Kinesthetic learning involves using your sense of movement and touch to concretely organize otherwise abstract concepts. Interacting with concepts in real life promotes engagement and understanding. Employing kinesthetic strategies in a work environment unites team members and instills ownership for data, decision-making and problem-solving.
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TRY AGAIN!
GREAT JOB!
As you can see, it was a lot faster to complete this task when the supplies were organized by type.
5s methodology saves time and increases productivity.
- Sorting items into colored bins or labeled sections means that they can be retrieved quickly.
- Simplifying means keeping the essentials and placing them where they are easily accessible.
- Systemizing the use and replacement of supplies means everyone can participate in organization.
- Standardizing how tools are placed and where unfinished or finished tasks can be found makes organizing a habit.
- Sustaining the system of organization is possible through regular auditing of the workspace.
