Patent ID: 6816747
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A computer-implemented system for improving manufacturing productivity comprising at least one computer wherein the at least one computer is configured to:receive a plurality of productivity data elements regarding a manufacturing process, a plurality of six sigma elements, and a plurality of lean manufacturing elements, the plurality of six sigma elements including data collection, graphical analysis, and operation by operation performance analysis, and the lean manufacturing elements including waste walk and JPH potential analysis; perform the six sigma element of data collection in coordination with the lean manufacturing element of waste walk to obtain collected data based on at least two of the following productivity data elements: one or more line stop metrics, maintenance records, problem history, and one or more failure modes; perform the six sigma elements of graphical analysis an coordination with the lean manufacturing element of JPH potential analysis based on at least two of the following: the collected data, one or more value stream map, one or more line stop metric, problem history, MTTR, MTBF, cycle time, and down/up time through performance of graphical analysis and operation by operation performance analysis and JPH potential analysis to identify one or more bottlenecks in the manufacturing process, wherein the one or more bottlenecks is utilized to identify at least one productivity improvement that is relied upon to reduce operating costs.