One Piece Flow

Short Description

As the name indicates, the one piece flow describes a way of material flow inside your production. It is the opposite of a batch production and refers to the production done piece by piece.

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Why do you have to work in an one piece flow?

Transparency

Progress, operators, quality issues and shortages become far more comprehensible

First-in-First-Out

One Piece Flow forces a 100% FIFO approach

Point out waste

Waiting time, overproduction and any other kind of waste become obvious

Less Buffer

Productions based on the One Piece Flow eliminate buffers between the processing steps

Less Material handling

Only those materials are required that are necessary for the current component

Less Quality risks

Errors that occur can be counteracted immediately in the One Piece Flow

How do you implement an One Piece Flow?

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  • Separated workstations
  • Overproduction
  • Material handling
  • No FIFO

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  • Workstations and operators close
  • Minimum WIP inventory level
  • No additional material handling between stations
  • FIFO and space improvement

Lean Example: Airport Security

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Enabler for:

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Downloads

Training document – One Piece Flow (pptx)

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Training document – One Piece Flow (PDF)

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Template – Value Stream Mapping (xlsx)

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Template – Value Stream Design (xlsx)

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