Cross Training in a One Piece Flow Cell

Posted on 1 Dec 2009 by The Manufacturer

Jon Miller of Gemba Research asks how you introduce new employees without dropping productivity

Q: In a one piece flow cell that is fully loaded with customer demand, how can new people be trained, without creating significant flow problems? Operators are moving with the work from station to station, so when deploying a new employee to the line, the total output is suffering until the employee has progressed on…

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