UPDATING MACHINE CAPACITY

PROJECT INCLUDES:

• Capacity Planning

IMEG was hired by a leading manufacturer of high-quality lighting pole products to assist with re-analyzing machine capacities after the removal of a piece of equipment, and predicting capacity 5 years in future production.

THE PROBLEM

  • Determining how to reallocate volume from the removed piece of equipment to other machines
  • After initial analysis, capacity needed to be updated due to variation of shift durations

THE PLAN

  • Use previously created capacity models, made by IMEG team, for reallocation analysis, reallocating based on product grouping
  • Analyze updated capacity utilization to predict capacity 5 years out with 3% increase per year
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THE RESULTS

  • Capacity Utilization after reallocation of volume kept overall capacity under 100%
  • This reallocation ensured that the piece of equipment could be effectively decommissioned without any loss of production capacity
  • Updated capacity utilization sheets to an interactive tool, allowing the management team to adjust shifts per day, hours per shift, etc.
  • The interactive capacity tool also allows a very accurate representation of how the production floor should be running at all times
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