Chapter 3Line Balancing: Station Balancing versus Baton Zone Balancing (Bumping)
There is no way in hell you can do a job in 4 hours as expensively as you can do it in 9 months.
Tom Peters1
How to Balance the Work
If we have a process in which there are 30 minutes of total labor time (TLT) per unit and six people working on the line, how much work should be done by each person?
The answer is 30 minutes ÷ 6 people which equals 5 minutes per person
This requires each person to be given the same amount (5 minutes of work) and each person, in turn, must do their fair share of the 5 minutes’ worth of work. To accomplish this, we need to consider the skill set of the operators or staff performing the tasks or activities. ...
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