Process optimization
effective use of resources
Is there a possibility to significantly increase efficiency without increasing the pace of work?
The research carried out on the group of 1700 employees in more than a dozen production plants and logistics centres prove that the problem many companies have to face is a wrong relationship between the main activity performed by the workers, which directly contributes to creating added value, and complementary activities, interruptions or various forms of waste.
The most common reason for such a situation is the ignorance of the scale of interruptions in the processes and as a result assuming that all activities and tasks are necessary and natural for a given workstation. The audits conducted with the use of SIEGA tools showed various situations of time wastes in task-switching that were unnoticed due to the fact that they take place on different stages of the process.
The elimination of any kind of waste, improving the relationship between the core activity and complementary activities contribute to best use of working time i.e. performing the same task with fewer human resources and equipment.
Process audit
SIEGA provides the tools to independently conduct audits at a time and frequency convenient to a given organizational unit. After the audit the management receives feedback about the areas which need improvement and the activities which should be eliminated from the process. The audits are conducted by means of two mobile devices: a device for the auditor and, in case of machine and forklift operators, another device attached to the operator’s forearm.
SIEGA software allows the users to conduct four types of audits:
Work sampling
Analysis of the processes on each workstation of a given organizational unit that enables optimization of processes and resources
Timing of the activities
Recording the duration of particular operations and establishing production and logistic standards
Analysis of operations
Analysis of all the operations in a company in terms of micro processes in order to eliminate unnecessary activities and increase efficiency
Machine and device performance
The analysis of the quantity of transported logistic units and units of measurement used in the module “Machines” in order to optimize machinery and device performance at the plant.
How can we use the knowledge gained during the audits?
SIEGA provides all the information concerning time and categories of particular activities or processes and indicates the areas which need improvement or the activities which should be eliminated. The user is also provided with a simulator which analyses how the introduction of certain organizational or technological changes translates into the concentration on the main activity as well as the number of production or logistic units per unit of time. The software also enables the comparison of particular operations or processes in various organizational units in order to choose and implement the most effective solutions.
The application establishes optimal time and quantity standards for each workstation to plan the necessary resources.
≫ Conduct an audit of all operations in your company - optimize the use of resources
≫ Eliminate any waste from your logistic and production processes
≫ Continuously increase share of core activities which create added value to your company
≫ Establish best production and logistic standards
≫ Increase efficiency significantly without increasing the pace of work
≫ Verify the number of necessary activities and eliminate the unnecessary ones