02 — Capability · BC-1150
Industrial Engineering & Continuous Improvement
Design how work is done in the plant and make it better every year: the layout, the standard methods, the time standards, the tooling and the improvement system that turns operator ideas and loss data into lasting change.
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Lean Manufacturing
- Operational Excellence
In scope
- Manufacturing process design, layout and line balancing for new and changed products
- Standard work, time studies and the methods operators follow
- Tooling, fixtures and production equipment specification and introduction
- The plant improvement system, from daily problem solving to structured events
Out of scope
- Enterprise process excellence methods and governance (see BC-190)
- Designing the product itself (see BC-530)
- Keeping equipment running once it is installed (see BC-1130)
Realized by · 0
- No product in the catalog yet.
Used in · 1
- Plan-to-Produce · 07 Review Performance via BC-1150.50
Build it · 0
- Nothing in the library points here yet.
Decomposes into · 5
- BC-1150.10Manufacturing Process DesignDecide how a new or changed product will be made: the sequence of operations, the equipment, the capacity and the flow through the plant, before the first unit is built.
- BC-1150.20Plant Layout & Line BalancingArrange machines, stations and material routes so product flows with the least travel, waiting and handling, and divide work across stations so no one is idle while another is overloaded.
- BC-1150.30Standard Work & Time StandardsDefine the best known way to do each job, document it so a new operator can follow it and measure how long it takes, giving planning its standards and improvement its baseline.
- BC-1150.40Tooling & Production EquipmentSpecify, procure, prove out and introduce the machines, fixtures, dies and tools the process needs, and manage the life of the tooling that wears.
- BC-1150.50Continuous Improvement SystemRun the plant's improvement engine: capture ideas and losses, pick the problems worth solving, solve them with a disciplined method and hold the gain so the plant is better next year than last.