Real time raw material processing

Abstract

Access to real time material use data can provide opportunities for focused process improvement efforts that reduce overall costs. The purpose of this project was to provide an automated material handling system that provided real time data to Company XYZ through reporting elements that allowed the organization to focus on targeted continuous improvement efforts that would reduce production costs. Utilizing the DMAIC process, the goal was to replace the existing manual process with built in time delays with a system that communicated in real time material use and corresponding scrap rates. Through access to this real time raw material processing data, Company XYZ would have the ability to improve inventory management, problem solve in real time, and reallocate human resources to added value roles.