Trace Blocked and Starved Stops Before Fixing the Machine
Decide whether a constraint stop is internal, starved, or blocked before choosing a countermeasure.
constraint stop The filler is the line constraint. It shows 57 minutes of lost time, but the operator notes mention "waiting for bottles" and "palletizer backed up." If the team fixes the filler without classifying the stop, it may leave the real flow loss untouched. flow diagnosis Internal -> Starved -> Blocked Classify the constraint stop by what the constraint was missing: machine capability, input, or output space. All down time = machine fault A convenient code that sends action to the wrong team. The countermeasure goes to the part of the flow that actually created the loss. From the…
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