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What’s Your Weakest Link? Types of Constraints

What’s Your Weakest Link? Types of Constraints

by Garvey | Jul 1, 2020 | Theory of Constraints, Lean Manufacturing

If you’re a regular reader of this blog (and we hope you are!), then you’ll know that our business is built around helping manufacturers maximize the throughput of their production lines by reducing the impact of slow or inefficient equipment. We’ve recently compiled...

How Much Are Production Line Bottlenecks Costing You?

by Garvey | Nov 14, 2018 | Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints

$3,552,000! I know that seems like a lot. But that’s how much profit one winery was missing out on before they took steps to reduce the impact of the bottleneck on their production line. We’ve performed our Garvey Line Analysis with hundreds of companies. And, while...

How to Find the Constraint in Your Production Line

by Garvey | Nov 10, 2018 | Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints

Do you know what the bottleneck is in your manufacturing process? The limiting factor that’s keeping you from ramping up your production or sometimes even meeting your goals? This bottleneck is your constraint, and it should be your top priority because it’s setting...

What Is Throughput and Why You Should Care

by Garvey | Nov 6, 2018 | Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints

Throughput is the #1 metric for assessing the quality of your production line. Not just an important metric, but the most important metric. In business-bottom-line terms, throughput is the difference between: Meeting your production goals and missing your targets...
Maximizing Thruput: Choose Your Constraint

Maximizing Thruput: Choose Your Constraint

by Garvey | Apr 29, 2018 | Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints

Most people’s approach to increasing production is to “identify ” the constraint. I believe there is a better approach. My approach is to look at the process and decide “where” you want the constraint. Once you shift your perspective to this method, your approach...

Maximizing Thruput: Protect It

by Garvey | Aug 22, 2017 | Line Analysis, Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints

After the constraint has been chosen, or identified, the next step is to protect it. But, protect it from what? What you must protect the constraint from is the effect of malfunctions on machines that are non-constraints. You see, in a close-coupled system, anytime a...
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