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Left to Right: Kalon, Jennifer, Detlef, Julia, Isbrand, Harald
BCIT Industry Project: Assembly Throughput Optimization Date: Fall 2015 Students: Julia Malischewski, Jennifer Woodfine Sponsor: Isbrand Funk, CEO Company: Euroline Windows Inc.
Euroline Windows Inc. embraces advanced European window technology as an innovative designer and manufacturer of distinctive windows and doors. They are the largest manufacturer of uPVC tilt & turn windows and doors in North America.
The purpose of the project was to achieve maximum throughput in the assembly area that would result in improved productivity and production flow.
The project team conducted staff interviews, motion time studies, and employee task sampling to uncover and verify the root causes that were preventing maximum throughput. The study determined six unproductive tasks that if removed, could improve worker productivity to 96%. The following recommendations were then made to help significantly reduce or eliminate the tasks.
"The students were very thorough and diligent in their investigation and very soon identified problems and issues that existed. It was amazing to see the depth of understanding the students displayed with regards to the existing issues and problems in the area.” -‐ Isbrand Funk, CEO
Recommendations Benefits 1. Rearrange workstations to promote
proposed task distribution changes. Reduce frame cycle time by 53.73%.
2. Update standard operating procedures and implement standardized cross-‐training.
Improve productivity by up to 13% and will reduce employee training time in the future.
3. Implement proposed break schedules. Eliminate work stoppage and increase throughput by 10% per station covered.
4. Implement workstation preparation. Eliminate work stoppages during middle of day, therefore increasing productivity.
5. Implement barcode system in assembly. Improve productivity by up to 15% and create a user friendly environment. Reduce paper and ink costs.
6. Implement 5S workplace organization techniques.
Improve productivity by up to 63%.