The Seven Wastes
The seven wastes is a great entry level process improvement concept and a low-risk approach to impro...
A guide to making useful Factory Simulations
At Production Support 56 our mission is to cut out the waste and help businesses add value to their ...
Better Factory Designs with Manufacturing Simulation
Get better factory designs with Manufacturing Simulation. This articles describes some of the import...
Production scale-up: You’re gonna need a bigger bucket
Production scale-up is not always attained by chucking in more resources. You need to accurately und...
Constraints in Manufacturing and Simulation: Panic in the airlock
Constraints are an important factor for manufacturing, process improvement and simulation. Constrain...
Harnessing the power of process mapping to make brilliant simulations
The process map is also the perfect document for starting a factory simulation, it shows you how all...
What is a process? And the use of SIPOC diagrams.
So, what is a process? From the SIPOC diagram’s point of view it is the supplier and all the input...
The importance of cleanliness in manufacturing
Cleanliness in manufacturing is an important parameter, not only for hygiene reasons but for quality...
News- How to work less and achieve more
On the 12 September in Doncaster Michael Stephenson will be giving a workshop entitled “How to Wor...
Decrease your non-conformances with the 80-20 rule
Sometimes there is too much to do, and it all gets a little overwhelming. Even after going through y...