Increase productivity by identifying Lead Times!
What itis and How to Calculate Lead Times. Opera MES, the ideal tool.
Everyone needs a strategy to gather Lead Time information when dealing with Production. Most likely you will be in possession of an excel model with which you usually carry out the Lead Time calculation.
But all things considered. What are Lead Times? How can you calculate them and identify Lead Times?Why has it become of fundamental importance today to know how to induce lead times? And above all, with what tool is it possible to ensure correct data collection and analysis of the entire production?
Whatis a Lead Time? Let’s Understand the Definition of Lead Time
Calculating Lead Time is of crucial importance for those involved in production or more generally in the manufacturing industry. Do you work in production? Then you will know that Lead Time refers to the response or crossing time of a production order. In other words, lead time is the time that elapses between the beginning and the end of a production process, as well as the speed with which a factory manages to meet customer needs. Today more than ever, knowing how to optimize and better manage your time means knowing how to orchestrate your factory in the best possible way, allowing you to obtain a greater profit and meet a much larger number of needs on a global scale. Generally, companies that aim to decrease Lead Times succeed as a direct consequence of satisfying a larger portion of the market than competing companies. Calculating lead time is simple and becomes even more so when you have a MES platform at your side. The MES is the acronym for Manufacturing execution system and being the core tool that allows factories to be officially named “Factories 4.0” The MES, the friendly tool of factories is of vital importance, not only because it is a computer system designed ad hoc to detect and analyze the data of the totality of production, it also allows to identify the so-called Lead Times.
Would you like to deepen the MES concept? Read the article Opera MES and Industry 4.0 and find out whatit is, how it works and where should the MES be included in Industry 4.0?”
How can you facilitate the calculation of Lead time?
A MES such as our Opera MES solution ensures correct real-time data collection. How? Simple, just connect the Opera MES platform to your machines at the factory, such as through SCADA or PLC systems, and you can offer all your collaborators, machine operators and managers the perfect operational synchrony. That’s not all! You’ll be able to ensure maximum productivity. Through a tablet or smartphone, your operators on board the machine will have the possibility to monitor the factory at any time, wherever they are. And there’s more! They will be able to declare the progress of the works and carry out corrective operations in real time, thanks to the help of Opera BOT. This tool connected to the Opera MES industrial platform helps you to always keep track of all the activities that take place in the factory, even from your home! I imagine that by now you have understood that everything can grant you the luxury of avoiding any kind of forgetfulness, with the ability to exponentially increase the efficiency of your factory.
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