Summary of How to Fix a Factory by Rob Tracy

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All factories struggle, writes seasoned manufacturing executive Rob Tracy. Sooner or later, your plant will fall behind in on-time delivery, your workforce will lose morale and the production calendar will fill up with emergency “hot list” scheduling. Tracy points out that getting a factory back in shape may be hard, but it’s not complicated. He explains step-by-step how to identify weaknesses, set attainable goals, get the cooperation of the whole organization and make improvements that last.

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Sujets

• Industries
• Employabilité, métiers et formations
• Manufacturing
• Economics
• Business

Informations

• Publié par: GetAbstract AG
• Date de parution: 17 août 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798887270296
• Langue: English

Extrait

How to Fix a Factory
A Practical Approach to Clarify and Resolve Underlying Challenges in Your Factory
Rob Tracy•Paper Raven Books © 2019•204 pages

Manufacturing

Rating:9

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Take-Aways Repairing a troubled factory is a five-stage process. Stage one: Lay the groundwork. Stage two: Identify the factors undermining performance. Stage three: Adjust stakeholders’ expectations. Stage four: Make sure the factory’s 10 central processes function well. Stage five: Put the change plan into action.

Recommendation
All factories struggle, writes seasoned manufacturing executive Rob Tracy. Sooner or later, your plant will fall behind in on-time delivery, your workforce will lose morale and the production calendar will fill up with emergency “hot list” scheduling. Tracy points out that getting a factory back in shape may be hard, but it’s not complicated. He explains step-by-step how to identify weaknesses, set attainable goals, get the cooperation of the whole organization and make improvements that last.

Summary
Repairing a troubled factory is a five-stage process.
At some point, every factory hits rough waters. Problems may accumulate gradually or explode into a crisis. The symptoms of a troubled factory can include an increase in missed delivery dates and customer complaints, a decline in worker engagement or a surge in reactive “hot list” scheduling.
Many leaders try to right the ship with Lean production tools. But Lean principles require a baseline of health. They won’t do much for an enterprise that’s struggling or broken and may even exacerbate problems.