DELAY DATA COLLECTION & IMPROVEMENT

PROJECT INCLUDES:

• Productivity Improvements

IMEG was hired by a Tier I global solution provider in the automotive industry to collect delay data on a new production line to support process improvements. IMEG collected the required delay data and provided scrap defect data, as well as identified process improvements.

THE PROBLEM

  • Excessive delays and downtime ​
  • High scrap rate​
  • Data reporting needed for their customer​

THE PLAN

improvements, analysis

  • Develop a consistent data tracking system​
  • Collect required data during production hours; including 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and weekend shifts​
  • Provide Pareto graphs of the data to analyze it for leading root causes of delays, downtime, and scrap​
  • Share improvement ideas captured during data observation​
data collection, analysis

THE RESULTS

  • Streamlined data collection across all shifts and weekends when the customer was running production​
  • Data analysis that provided leading causes of downtime, delays, and scrap, broken down over the different shifts​
  • Provided suggestions for resolving the excessive delays and downtime, as well as reduced scrap​
  • Reduced station cycle times through better tool, equipment, and material placement​

delay data collection & improvement

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