Since the May issue, I have been writing about our combustion shop's migration from batch processing to single-piece flow, or machining one part at a time. Single-piece flow eliminates work in process. This is desirable because WIP hides part defects and increases lead times and inventory levels.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2013-08-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/adding-value-single-piece-part-flow/
Legacy path: /articles/adding-value-single-piece-part-flow