{"id":805,"date":"2023-10-12T21:42:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T21:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/?page_id=805"},"modified":"2023-11-26T20:56:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:56:32","slug":"smoothing-the-flow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keypractices.viagointernational.com\/?page_id=805","title":{"rendered":"Smoothing the Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You are in the right place if an increase in output would help, but you need to control costs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Our work flows through our system slower than we would like, our delivery lead time are extending and becoming unpredictable<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. When defects arise they are identified late, causing significant remedial disruptions to our team\u2019s work, and too often we have to mitigate impacts to the clients<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Too often work gets ‘stuck’ in queues, and waves of work grow as they travel through the system<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Continuous operation of our constraint is often interrupted, and when checked we frequently find it to be setting up for \/ working on jobs out of the sequence intended<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Our people are slowing down to hide any idle time, meaning there are seldom resources available when supervisors need them<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. It seems that we are fully loaded, although we know we are not going flat out<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. We hear phrases talking about our people like; “We are paying for their time, but they have switched their brains off”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    With Smoothing the Flow, you will<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n