continuous flow
Moving products through a production system without separating them into lots.
continuous flow means producing and moving one item at a time (or a small and consistent batch) through a series of processing steps as continuously as possible, to match takt time , with each step making just what is required by the next step.
The Road to continuous flow
①Defining the product familes through analyzing paths for each item.
②Relocating process steps,wherever possible,into process sequences for product familes.
③ Looking again at the fIow with eyes for
continuous flow to realize pure continuous flow
Fluctuated output in discord with takt time
Small stagnation between steps
Waste of motion
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