Every box contains the same 10 tins and 10 bottles, and you have two separate workstations, one for packing the tins, and a second for packing the bottles. This can be shown through using Little’s Law, since your lead time should decrease proportionally to your WIP.įor example, let’s say that you need to pack boxes for a supermarket delivery. There’s also a big difference between the theory and practical application of this model which makes the whole concept a little muddy, but we’ll get to that later.īy limiting the number of items in your queue to one you’re naturally reducing the time any given item spends in the system. This reduces waste (you’re not spending money holding items for future delivery) but requires a huge amount of coordination and consistency to pull off. Multiple items can be in the process as a whole, but nothing has to queue up and take up space from the moment it starts until the moment it’s complete. That means that there is a maximum of one item at any given stage of the process. That’s why it’s also called “single piece flow” and “continuous flow”, as everything is constantly progressing and only one item is in any given queue at a time. “One piece flow” is all about reducing WIP to the point where everything is either waiting to be started, in progress, or complete. The problems of theory vs practical effects.Using one piece flow in any area of your business.
It’s not a miracle cure, and while it can be used outside of an assembly line, there are a few practical elements which can’t be ignored. However, there are a few vital things that you need to be careful of when applying one piece (or “continuous”) flow.
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