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Problem:  A manufacturer did not understand what contributed to the quantity of product shipped each day.  They did a lot of work to keep production moving and reduce downtime, but it never seemed to impact their ability to ship more units Causes 165 variables were tracked daily including: Downtime Defects per unit Model mix production […]

Economic impact of over $184,000! Since the 2001 Plant Expansion the throughput of Furnace #4 has been less than the design Operating Equipment Efficiency of 295,140,698 pounds of propane feed.  In 2004 the furnace operated 304 of 344 operating days at 69.8% of design. Total throughput for the 2004 calendar year was 205,952,599 pounds of […]