Chapter 2BASICS®: Assess—PFA Product Flow Analysis (TIPS)
Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.
Henry Ford, 1926
This chapter begins the Assessment phase of the BASICS® model. There are three aspects we assess when reviewing an assembly or machining cell. These same tools apply for transactional processes (Figure 2.1). The assessment phase reviews the following:
Figure 2.1 BASICS model—Assess and analyze.
The product—process flow analysis ...
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