Optimize for Continued Improvement

Project man­agers have a mantra of con­tin­u­al improve­ment in order to meet com­pa­ny objec­tives. To be a suc­cess­ful part of an orga­ni­za­tion, these lead­ers of the work force need to keep employ­ees moti­vat­ed while meet­ing the demands of the cus­tomers the busi­ness serves. In an indus­tri­al envi­ron­ment, much of the suc­cess of the busi­ness depends on the abil­i­ty to meet orders for the prod­ucts they cre­ate. In order to pro­vide assis­tance to the human work­ers, the adop­tion of a robot­ic sys­tem with­in the fac­to­ry can mean the dif­fer­ence between meet­ing tight sched­ules and miss­ing dead­lines. Incor­po­rat­ing auto­mat­ed sys­tems with­in this envi­ron­ment will improve the com­pa­ny’s prof­it margin.

As a man­ag­er of a project, the indi­vid­ual needs to be aware of the entire work­flow asso­ci­at­ed with the cre­ation of the device the com­pa­ny pro­duces. From mak­ing sure that an ade­quate sup­ply of mate­ri­als is avail­able to sched­ul­ing appro­pri­ate lev­els of employ­ees to com­plete the work, this per­son over­sees the entire process. Work­ing with the cus­tomer to set expec­ta­tions helps to pre­vent unex­pect­ed delays. When deal­ing with a robot­ic sys­tem with­in the fac­to­ry, the head of the work order can keep a close eye on where the process the order is and what may risk putting the project behind schedule.

Improve­ment ini­tia­tives with­in a fac­to­ry envi­ron­ment typ­i­cal­ly focus on employ­ees and work tech­niques. One area that man­agers tend not to mon­i­tor as close­ly is the effi­cien­cy of the robot­ic sys­tem in place. While efforts are in place to ensure that these robots receive reg­u­lar main­te­nance and repair, the leader of the project can find areas of improve­ment by review­ing the use of robot­ics in the man­u­fac­tur­ing process. Under­stand­ing how long it takes for the auto­mat­ed sys­tem to com­plete its por­tion of assem­bly will allow mod­i­fi­ca­tions to be made. Invest­ment in new indus­tri­al robots or increas­ing oper­at­ing hours can sig­nif­i­cant­ly impact the abil­i­ty to meet a timeline.

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