Contour Tool did not think it was possible to improve their scheduling to substantially improve due date performance or ship more with fewer people, but they did just that and more with the Velocity Scheduling System. Read their full success story and check out their results, here: https://www.velocityschedulingsystem.com/On_Time_Shops/Contour-Tool-VSS-success-story.pdf. This is not your typical drum buffer rope or Theory of Constraints success […]
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- “We achieved reduced lead times and increased throughput, as well as, improvement in productivity.VSS also worked very well from a management standpoint with regards to the employees being more involved in the production decisions, not just \"go and do that job\" but they see why they need to get that job done now and I feel they have more ownership in the company.”
Don Cornwell - “Our business has suffered from low sales for a number of months. A business review recommended that we install a visual job scheduling system that could be understood and implemented by the shop floor employees. The VSS system satisfied this admirably. The large display is very clear and it is obvious to see the jobs that are progressing, delayed, late, etc. It has changed the focus to completing jobs rather than starting jobs that then progress slowly because of the backlog of work in process. The supervisors were doubtful at first about whether this system would work but were willing to try it out to achieve some improvements. The reduction in time required to complete a job has now been translated into our quoting system so that I can quote a lower number of hours to complete the task, hence a lower price for the customer which gives more sales and a higher throughput. More improvements will happen as our sales increase. Do I want to give away my competitive advantage and tell other shops of how to achieve more work faster? – Not likely!”
Rob Mantach - “Since we are a custom shop, our biggest fear was not being able to fit into the \"cookie cutter\" way of manufacturing. Dr Lisa\'s Velocity Scheduling System taught us how to slow things down to speed them up and our processes have improved significantly! Where there once was chaos now there is a system that everyone can follow. We would highly recommend this program to any shop wanting to improve their performance. Thank you Dr Lisa!”
Randy Mullikin - “Before starting the Velocity Scheduling System our on time delivery was about 68%. After implementation of the system we’re currently running at 100% OTD. The velocity board has been a great tool that provides visibility not only to myself but everyone in the shop. Daily 5 minute meetings keep everyone informed of how jobs are running and if there any problems. This system has been a great help and we are very happy with the results.”
Richard Pothier - “Overtime has been reduced by 75% while increasing OTD to 95% through this period…”
Steve Fleissner - “The VSS Coaching Program has provided a level of transparency for all the steps/activities involved in our shop. With this, we have increased are on-time performance by 20% while increasing our throughput by more than 34% (actual jobs completed on the floor). This system has also improved accountability, communication, are forecasting for all of our work. We also have benefited from the metric and planning tools to better track and manage our workload.”
JCI Industries, Inc. - “After trying different solutions, included expansive scheduling software with years of implementation required, we finally found a system which delivers what promised! We reduced dramatically (about 30%) our already good manufacturing lead times, have a stable and reliable schedule and everybody in the plant knows what to work on at any point in time. There are so many great things about the VSS but the key is that it’s really fun and easy to implement because it engages the organization as a whole. Thanks Dr. Lisa!”
Alessandro Bernacchia Manufacturing Manager - “I think the biggest impact we have seen is the improvement in our backlog/past due orders – overall we have reduced our past due days over 65%. We also have significantly less waste in terms of production hours because we are all working on the right stuff at the right time. The simple visual system makes it easy to identify what we need to be doing.”
Adam Gold, Dimensional Group - “VSS changed everything for us. VSS became the new language of our business and changed our focus to a systematic process to improve job flow which resulted in better plant communications, delivery performance and cost reductions.”
Ron Peuterbaugh, Joint Production Technology - “We have seen a much improved process flow through the shop. Scheduling has been simplified and easier to manage. Our overall throughput has increased.”
Myron Baker, Robinson Fans
- “We achieved reduced lead times and increased throughput, as well as, improvement in productivity.VSS also worked very well from a management standpoint with regards to the employees being more involved in the production decisions, not just \"go and do that job\" but they see why they need to get that job done now and I feel they have more ownership in the company.”
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