How To Design Food Production Line Balancing

How To Improve Process or Reduce Costs in the Food Industry – LEAN Manufacturing Case Study Analysis

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Case Study Analysis – Food Industry: Cream Cake Manufacture

Many companies, in order to improve output will put more & more people on a production line… However; Time and Motion Studies and Line-Balancing, will bring higher production & productivity without increasing manning costs…

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LEAN Line Balancing

PROJECT WORK DONE:

  • Time and Motion Study and LEAN Line Balancing
  • Takt Time and Targets cementing the new improvements
  • Standard Work Procedures cementing “Best Practice Methods”

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Waste In Food Manufacturing

PRODUCTION PACKING LINE – Previous State:

  • Production lines are running 40hrs/wk – 52 wks/yr… 
  • The company running 3 production lines
  • People per line = 12. ( total 36 people )
  • Operators are working around 70% efficiency
  • Lines producing around 1260 per hour ( total 3780 )

Also with the way the line is run much of the product ends up on the floor.

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Food Manufacturing Improvement

PRODUCTION PACKING LINE – Future State:

  • Apply a Time and Motion Study
  • Apply Flow-Line-Balancing Takt Times
  • Lets now operate and run 4 production lines
  • People per line = 8 + runner = 9 ( total 36 )
  • Operators now working at around 90%
  • Lines now producing 1800 per hour ( total 7200 )

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FINANCIAL BENEFITS:

Production could be doubled ( from 3780 to 7200 ) at NO Extra Cost

This Project Could Realise An Extra Sales Value circa £2.0M per annum

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