by Tim Floyd | Sep 5, 2017 | Website Blog
Do you feel like you’re in an infinite loop of frustrating layout changes as you keep changing process elements? It’s probably because you started layout planning too soon. Two quotes on this subject from Chihiro Nakao, from the book Kaizen Forever “Build a process...
by Tim Floyd | Jun 2, 2017 | Website Blog
Every warehouse, manufacturing plant, production facility, and logistics operation – no matter where they are or what they do – has to manage the same 5 kinds of material and information flow. Your success will be determined by how well you design and integrate these...
by Tim Floyd | May 18, 2017 | Website Blog
There is clear support for the safety, resource efficiency, and productivity of forklift free / fork truck free initiatives. Those elements show why the initiative is important, but they don’t always create the clear moment of insight into your operation and why it...
by Tim Floyd | May 12, 2017 | Website Blog
There are three choices to plan your material flow system: 1. Fixed time, variable quantity 2. Variable time, fixed quantity: 3. Chaos Any of the choices are valid depending on the context they are used in, and you’ll always have some element of each. The important...
by Tim Floyd | May 10, 2017 | Website Blog
Forklift / fork truck free initiatives are everywhere. Either you’ve done it, you’re doing it, or you will be doing it soon. There are too many reasons not to, which I outlined in the “Why?” aspect of forklift free in our series. While all of those points...
