There are many ways in which you can increase your manufacturing business’s output. Introducing procedures or tightening your procedures up, installing hardware to keep your products moving and your workers working, getting your staff members up to speed by training them to obtain their optimum output rates.
Introducing procedures or tightening existing ones up
If you have not already, it is a good idea to introduce procedures for all of the products that you manufacture onsite. In order to do this, it is a good idea to speak to those members of staff that carry out the work regularly so that you can gauge the key points of any production stage.
Then get your engineers to write out the procedures in steps that require completing within the order that they need to be completed. When working out timings for each individual stage, it is highly beneficial not to use your fastest employee on the job as it will give a false reading of how long that particular stage takes to complete, and this is highly unfair on new starters or on those that naturally do not work that fast or are unfamiliar with the work which needs to carried out at that stage.
Installing correct hardware to keep products moving
Another way of increasing your manufacturing output is to install conveyor belts, or if you already have some installed, look to upgrade them so that they function more in line with what you want.
There are some very reputable businesses, such as fluentconveyors.com, that will provide you with custom-made conveyor belts and will be happy to talk to you about your conveyor belt requirements so that you get exactly what you need.
By installing conveyor belts, you will be cutting down on the amount of time that your employees are having to spend wandering around with work as the work will come to them. This means that they will be able to spend more time at their bench working and therefore increase your manufacturing site’s output.
It is also highly beneficial when it comes to health and safety as it will cut down on the amount of back injury due to lifting and trips and falls, as well as the lessoned risk of damage happening to your products as they will not be carried around the shop floor but will be safely transported on conveyor belts.
Train staff to reach their optimum output rates
Take time to train your staff so that they know the best way of carrying out the procedures needed to create the products that your business sells. Having confident staff all carrying out their duties in an orderly fashion will also cut down on the amount of time that it takes to manufacture your items. It will cut down on the number of mishaps due to lack of knowledge.
With confidence comes a much higher standard of work, being able to troubleshoot and sort out problems as and when they occur as well as being able to spot problems before they happen. This will cut down on the amount of downtime that any one of your manufacturing lines may suffer from and keep the workload flowing freely.
